APUSH - Period 1: 1.05 Flashcards

Period 1 Flashcards for APUSH - 1.03

Treaty of Tordesillas

treaty that divided the western hemisphere into two halves, giving one to Spain and the other to Portugal

Sugarcane

most profitable crop in New Spain

Encomienda System

Spaniards were given a group of American Indians by the Spanish monarchy for the purpose of labor

Repartimiento System

stated that thoseliving in native villages were legally free and deserving of compensation for labor

Potosi Silver Mines

mines located in Bolivia where workers were assigned strenuous jobs

Atlantic Slave Trade

transport of African slaves to Spanish America

Middle Passage

very dangerous passage African slaves travelled during the African Slave Trade to arrive at the Americas

Casta System

class system in which one’s social class was determined by their race

• Spanish at the top, Africans at the bottom