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American Colonial History - HIST 3510 - Robins - GSW
Test 1 - Practice Test - SPANISH AMERICAS & The Axtell Summary
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02/09/2010

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Was there such a thing as Colonial America?
Definition
NO. There was the Colonial Americas. Spanish Americas, French Americas, British Americas. Each colony had its own identity.
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Which of the Americas will be the largest of the Americas?
Definition
The Spanish Colonial Americas
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Which of the Americas will be wealthier or richer than the other Americas?
Definition
The Spanish Colonial Americas
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Which of the Americas benefit more economically, the British Americas, the Spanish Americas, or the French Americas?
Definition
The Spanish Americas
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Which of the Americas lasts the longest? The British Americas, The Spanish Americas, or The French Americas.
Definition
The Spanish Americas
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Why doesnt the British Colonial Americas last longer than the French Americas or the Spanish Americas?
Definition
The British colonies declared independence
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Georgia lived by the 3 G's. What are the 3 G's?
Definition
God, Gold, and Glory
Term
What Spanish Americas leader conqured the Aztecs?
Definition
Cortez
Term
The Spanish Americas leader Cortez conquered who in 1520?
Definition
The Aztecs
Term
After The Spanish Americas leader Cortes conquers the Aztecs what is establsihed?
Definition
Mexico
Term
The Spanish Americas leader of 1530s that conquered the Incas is who?
Definition
Pizzaro
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The Spanish Americas leader Pizzaro of the 1530s conquered who?
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The Inca
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After the Spanish Americas leader Pizzaro conquers the Incas, what is established?
Definition
Peru
Term
Another name for former soldiers
Definition
Conquestadores
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What were the Conquestadores mainly interested in?
Definition
The conquestadores were mainly interested in creating wealth (really for themselves)and winning glory and fame (for themselves)
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What was the 1st permanent British settlement?
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Jamestown 1607
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How many years was the Spanish empire established before the 1st British settlement?
Definition
100 years
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The Spanish Americas 1st labor system was called ______.
Definition
Encomienda System
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Who did the Encomienda System use as laborers?
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Indians
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Did the Ecomienda System use forced labor or slave labor?
Definition
Forced Labor
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True or False. The Indians were expected to work for the Spanish settlers.
Definition
True
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True or False. There was NOT a relationship between the Indians and the Spanish.
Definition
False. There was a relationship between the Indians and the Spanish
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There was a relationship between the Indians and the Spanish where the Indians were expected to work for the Spanish. Who was this approved by?
Definition
The Spanish Government
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The Colonists had to do 3 things of the Encomienda. What were they?
Definition
1. Spanish colonists had to provide protection to their Indians that were under their control.

2. The Spanish colonists had to finacially support a church in their area (Catholic Church)

3. The Spanish colonists had to defend their area as part of the Spanish Empire
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Was the Encomienda System a friendly or not-so-friendly system with the Indians?
Definition
The Encomienda System was a very brutal system. Thousands of Indians died due to the mistreatment
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The Spanish colonists had to have a _______ before they could declare war on the Indians.
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A document that justified the declaration of war on the Indians
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The Indians had to accept 2 conditions of the Spanish colonists. If they didnt accept these 2 conditions, then the Spanish had justification to declare war on them. What were these 2 conditions?
Definition
1. The Indians had to acknowledge the Catholic Church as supreme. 2. The Indians had to acknowledge the authority of the Spanish Crown (This includes the Spanish right to occupy their land)
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True or False. Spain miro-managed their colonies.
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True. Spain micro-managed their colonies
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A Spanish religious figure (Religious thinker and writer) that spent some time in the Spanish Colonies.
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Bartolome De Las Casas
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Bartolome De Las Casas argued that Spain violated what?
Definition
Bartolome De Las Casas argued that Spain violated the original mission that the Catholic Church signed off on.
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Who was Bartolome De Las Casas supposed to convert?
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The Indians
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What was Bartolome De Las Casa's way of converting the Indians?
Definition
Peacefully and living side by side
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True or False. Bartolome De Las Casas argued that the Spanish Government was entitled to the Indian land.
Definition
False. Bartolome De Las Casas argued that the Spanish Government was NOT entitled to the Indian land
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How did Bartolome De Las Casas feel about the Encomienda System?
Definition
He said the Encomienda needed to be done away with.
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After Bartolome De Las Casas complains about the Encomienda, what does Spain do?
Definition
Spain abolishes the Encomienda (technically) and made it illegal
Term
After the Encomienda is abolished, the Spanish seek what?
Definition
African slavery
Term
By 1600, Spain had already brought about ______ slaves to the New World.
Definition
75,000 Slaves
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What is the Spanish colonies economy based on?
Definition
Mining Gold and Silver
Term
Which produced the most income in the Spanish Colonies, Gold or Silver?
Definition
Silver
Term
The Spanish colony had a major Silver mine that was located in ________.
Definition
Mexico
Term
Where was Potosi located?
Definition
In Bolivia South America
Term
What city was the major supply of silver during the Spanish Empire?
Definition
Potosi
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What is a Quinto?
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A Tax
Term
How did the Spanish government benefit from the Spanish Americas?
Definition
By Quinto or tax
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The Spanish colonists gave the Spanish government how much of all the gold and silver that was mined?
Definition
1/5th of all the gold and silver mined
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You can't refine silver unless you have what?
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Mercury
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Who had control over the mercury?
Definition
The Spanish Government
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What is crucial to the refining process of silver?
Definition
Mercury
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Was agriculture a large part of the Spanish colonists?
Definition
No. Agriculture was not a large part of the Spanish colonists.
Term
Most of the agriculture of Spain was for what?
Definition
Most of the agriculture of Spain was for domestic consumption. It was only grown to feed the local people, livestock, etc.
Term
Most of the agriculture was grown for domestic consumption, only to feed the local people. But there was one exception. What was it?
Definition
Sugar
Term
What happend to the silver production in the 1650s?
Definition
Silver production declined
Term
Why did the silver production decline in the 1650s?
Definition
The silver production declined due to the lack of technology. The Spanish did not know how to keep the water out of the tunnels. The Spanish did not know how to properly ventilate the mines.
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The 1st Spanish explorer of note.
Definition
Ponce De leon (1513)
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What was Ponce De Leon interested in?
Definition
Ponce De Leon was interested in expanding Northward
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How many more guys follow after Ponce De Leon?
Definition
7 other guys follow after Ponce De Leon
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What did the 7 other guys that followed Ponce De Leon discover?
Definition
Not much.
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What was Ponce De Leon and the 7 other guys that followed after him looking for?
Definition
At 1st they were looking for something of value. But they established a permanant settlement in St Augustine in 1565
Term
St Augustine followed this type of Mission Fort identity. What is a Mission Fort?
Definition
Mission means that there are priests or missionaries. Forts suggests there are soldiers there.
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By the late 1600s, there were roughly how many of these Mission Forts in existence?
Definition
There were roughly 40
Term
About how many Mission Forts had been attempted to be established?
Definition
Roughly 40 were established but more than 3 times as many (120) had been attempted.
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What was the purpose of Florida to Spain?
Definition
The purpose of Florida was to serve as a defensive buffer zone to protect Spains more valuable colonies in the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America
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In Florida, Spain is different towards the Indians. In what way is Spain different to the Indians in Florida?
Definition
They want the Indians to help them fight the French and British colonies.
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What were the 2 major French settlement areas?
Definition
1. Canada - Around the Great Lakes

2. Rio De Janeiro
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What area did the French attempt to settle in?
Definition
Rio De Janeiro
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What happend when the French attempted to settle in Rio De Janeiro?
Definition
The Spanish and Portugese expelled them
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After the Spanish and Portugese expelled the French from Rio De Janeiro, where did the French move to?
Definition
The French moved to Canada
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When the French settlers were expelled from Rio De Janeiro, they moved to Canada. They focused on what river?
Definition
The French settlers focused on the St. Lawrence River
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This was the main waterway that could transport people into deep America as well as the Mississippi.
Definition
The St. Laurence River
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When the French moved to Canada and focused on the St. Lawrence river, they were originally interested in doing what?
Definition
Fishing
Term
What is the name of the person who became interested in the fur trade?
Definition
J. Cartier
Term
What business became the foundation of the French settlement?
Definition
Fur Trade
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What was the 1st French settlement?
Definition
Quebec (1608)
Term
How many frenchmen were in North America in 1660?
Definition
Only 2,000
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True or False. French settlements are very large in terms of population.
Definition
False. French settlements are very small in terms of population.
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The French settlements are very small in terms of population. What types of people were in their population?
Definition
They are mainly males, not families. They are traders. There are also a handful of priests
Term
How are the French attitudes to sexual relationships with Indian women?
Definition
The French government encourages interacial marriages
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According to the French, does the Catholic Church support interacial relationships between the Indians and the French settlers?
Definition
Yes the Catholic Church supports interracial relationships
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True or False. French relationship with the Indians is very friendly.
Definition
True
Term
Did the Algonqin tribe have a positive or negative relationship with the French settlers?
Definition
Positive relationship
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The Natchez Region was along what river?
Definition
Mississippi River
Term
The Nanchez region was first visited by who?
Definition
Spanish Explorers
Term
100 years after the Spanish explorers visited the Natchez Region, who reconnected with the Natchez Indians?
Definition
Robert la Salle (1682)
Term
French settler who reestablishes european contact with the Natchez Indians.
Definition
Robert La Salle (1682)
Term
After Robert La Salle reestablishes european contact with the Natchez Indians, the men brought with them what?
Definition
The men brought with them their wives, families, and their African slaves
Term
What was the primary purpose of Robert La Salle reconnecting with the Natchez Indians.
Definition
The primary purpose was to gain control of the area. They want control of the Mississippi River
Term
What happens with the French settlers and the Natchez Indians when they want to control the Mississippi River?
Definition
This draws the French into conflict with the Natchez Indians. There were a lot of lives lost in their fights with one another (100s of people)
Term
In the early 1730s, who is able to defeat the Natchez and gives the French control of the Natchez Region?
Definition
Choctaw
Term
In 1910, he estimated that their were 1 million Native Americans prior to Columbus's arrival, called "pre-columbian"
Definition
James Mooney
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James Mooney estimated that there were 1 million Native Americans prior to Columbus's arrival,but scholars have argued that it is somewhere between what number?
Definition
3 million to 10 million
Term
True or False. Native Americans were a very religious people.
Definition
True
Term
How important were dreams to the Native Americans?
Definition
Dreams were VERY important to Native Americans.
Term
Religious leaders known as ________ play an important role in societys.
Definition
Shamans
Term
The Shamans had two jobs. What were they?
Definition
1. On one hand they were medicine men (like doctors)

2. The shamans other job was to explain dreams
Term
Indian male and female children went through rights of passage. What were they?
Definition
Periods of solitude to meditate and to communicate with nature.
Term
What was the center of the Indian family structure?
Definition
Indians stressed kinship over the nuclear family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
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Was divorce common or not so common in the Indian culture?
Definition
It was common
Term
True or False. Indian males sometimes took more than one wife.
Definition
True
Term
True or False. Indian societys were not as open sexually as Europeans.
Definition
False. Indian societys were much more sexually open than the Europeans
Term
An individuals identity is traced by the mother to the grandmother rather than the male side. What is the name of this term.
Definition
Matrilineal
Term
In order for the Europeans to survive, they are going to have to learn things like agriculture from ________.
Definition
The Indians
Term
According to the Axtell Article, what were the characteristics of the Jesuits?
Definition
1. Very highly educated
2. Direct product of reformation(to convert the Indians to a specific kind of Religion)
3. Persuasive
4. Adapt to the Indians way and culture while maintaining their culture
Term
According to the Axtell Article, what was the strategy the Jesuits used?
Definition
1. Undermine the authority of the Shamens 2. Priests said Indians were dying because they were worshipping the wrong gods and they needed to convert (death and disease) 3. Language skills 4. They targeted the leaders so everyone else would convert and follow
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