Ch 19 Key IDs Big Qs
Chapter 19 Key IDs Isabella & Ferdinand (Castile & Aragon) - Monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia;marriage to
Isabella created united Spain;responsible for reconquest of Granada,initiation of exploration of New
World.
Hispaniola - First island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards;settlement founded by Columbus on second voyage to New World; Spanish base of operations for further discoveries in New World. encomienda - a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. mita - Mine working is more prevalent
Potosi - The location of a major mining organization haciendas - places that the government would tax
Treaty of Tordesillas - signed in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession in New World; reserved Brazil and all newly discovered lands east of Brazil to
Portugal; granted all lands west of Brazil to Spain.
Recopilacion -Body of laws collected in 1681 for Spanish possessions in New World; basis of law in the
Indies
Council of the Indies - Body within the Castilian government that issued all laws and advised king on all matters dealing with the Spanish colonies of the New world. letrados/viceroys/audiencias sociedad de castas -
War of Spanish Succession Bourbon dynasty - was taken over by the bourbons and they created a more centralized government. Marquis de Pombal - creole/mulatto/mestizo - These are different races in the spanish world.
Big Questions
1. How did the history of the Iberian Peninsula influence the colonization efforts of the
Spanish and Portuguese? The Iberian Peninsula was very easily accessible to the Spanish and Portuguese and they converted everyone their into christianity.
2. Describe the treatment of indigenous Americans. How did the Spanish justify their actions? What, if any, dissent did they face from within their own culture? The indigenous Americans were treated
Isabella created united Spain;responsible for reconquest of Granada,initiation of exploration of New
World.
Hispaniola - First island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards;settlement founded by Columbus on second voyage to New World; Spanish base of operations for further discoveries in New World. encomienda - a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. mita - Mine working is more prevalent
Potosi - The location of a major mining organization haciendas - places that the government would tax
Treaty of Tordesillas - signed in 1494 between Castile and Portugal; clarified spheres of influence and rights of possession in New World; reserved Brazil and all newly discovered lands east of Brazil to
Portugal; granted all lands west of Brazil to Spain.
Recopilacion -Body of laws collected in 1681 for Spanish possessions in New World; basis of law in the
Indies
Council of the Indies - Body within the Castilian government that issued all laws and advised king on all matters dealing with the Spanish colonies of the New world. letrados/viceroys/audiencias sociedad de castas -
War of Spanish Succession Bourbon dynasty - was taken over by the bourbons and they created a more centralized government. Marquis de Pombal - creole/mulatto/mestizo - These are different races in the spanish world.
Big Questions
1. How did the history of the Iberian Peninsula influence the colonization efforts of the
Spanish and Portuguese? The Iberian Peninsula was very easily accessible to the Spanish and Portuguese and they converted everyone their into christianity.
2. Describe the treatment of indigenous Americans. How did the Spanish justify their actions? What, if any, dissent did they face from within their own culture? The indigenous Americans were treated