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Shephardic Jew
Jews who trace their heritage back to Spain.
Ashkenazi Jew
Jews from central and eastern Europe.
Monopoly
Complete control over a market that granted certain merchants exclusive rights to trade.
Polygyny
The taking of more than one wife.
Vicecoys
Spanish royalty appointed administrators.
Audiencias
Royal courts where Spanish settlers could appeal viceroy's decisions or policies.
Metacom's War
Also known as King Philip's War, the final major effort of the indigenous people to drive the British from New England
Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo and Apache, indigenous groups in New Mexico, fought against colonizers trying to force religious converts.
Glorious Revolution
AKA the Bloodless Revolution; the English throne returned to Protestant hands under William and Mary, strengthening Parliament's power.
Pugachev Rebellion
Peasant rebellion started by Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev against Catherine the Great for giving the nobility power over the serfs.
Gloucester County Rebellion
The first recorded slave rebellion in America.
Timar
An Ottoman system where the sultan granted land or tax revenues to those he favors.
Harem
A residence where a powerful man's wives and concubines lived.
Peninsulares
The top of the Latin social pyramid; those born on the Iberian peninsula.
Mestizos
Those of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.
Mulattos
Those of mixed European and African ancestry.
Barbary Pirates
Pirates who plied the seas near North Africa along the Barbary Coast, capturing Europeans and selling them.
Impressed
Forcing people into service, particularly in the navy as enslaved gallery workers.
Mercantilism
A theory stating that countries should sell as many goods as possible to other countries and buy as few as possible.
Trading Post Empire
An empire based on small outposts instead of control over large territories.
Galleons
Heavily armed Spanish ships that brought silver from Mexico to East Asia.
Northwest Passage
A route through or around North America that would lead into East Asia.
Conquistadores
Spanish soldiers who went to the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of disease, food, and animals between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
African Diaspora
Dispersion of Africans out of Africa.
Cash Crop
Crops such as sugar and tobacco that were grown for sale rather than subsistence.
Treaty of Tordesillas
A treaty that divided the Americas between Portugal and Spain.
Ecomienda
A system developed by the Spanish to gain access to gold and other resources of the Americas.
Hacienda System
A system where landowners developed agriculture on their lands and used coerced labor.
Middle Passage
The journey across the Atlantic by enslaved people.
Commercial Revolution
The transformation to a trade-based economy using gold and silver.
Price Revolution
High rate of inflation during the 1500s-1600s.
Joint-Stock Companies
A company owned by investors who bought stocks or shares in them.
Triangular Trade
A complex Atlantic trading system that included the trade of enslaved Africans.
Zambos
Those of mixed indigenous and African ancestry.
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