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Unit 2: The Americas
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9th Grade
11/20/2008

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Viceroys
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Representative who ruled on of Spain's provinces in the America's in the King's name.
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Plantation
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Large estate run by an overseer that was worked by laborers who lived there.
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Encomienda
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Right the spanish government granted to it's american colonists to demand tribute from the Native Americans.
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Peon
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Woker forced to labor for a land lord in order to pay off debt
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Peninsular
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Member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in America
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Creole
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Person in Spain's colonies in the America's who was an American born dissendant of a Spanish settler
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Melatto
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In Spain's colonies in the America's, a person of African and European discent
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Middle Passage
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A route in which slaves were traded to the West Indies
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Commercial Revolution
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A great change in the structure of commerce; shifting to Mercantilism and Capitalism
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Mercantalism
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A process by which a country exports more than it imports in order to build its supply of gold and silver.
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Popular Sovereignty
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Elected by the majority; All of the people
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Triangular Trade
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Colonial trade route among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves.
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Mestizo
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Person in Spain's colonies in the America's who was of Native American and European dissent.
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Simon Bolivar
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Called "The Liberator", Simon Bolivar free'd Spain from  French control.
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Toussaint L'ouverture
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An important Spanish revolutionary leader who lead enslaved Africans to victory over the Europeans.
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Jose de San Martin
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An Argentine general and the prime leader of their struggle for Independance from Spain
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Frederick Douglass
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The first African American to be nominated for the position of Vice President, Frederick Douglass was an Abolitionist, Woman's Sufferage Advocate, and orator. He also published many novels.
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Tupac Amaru
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Was the last indigenous leader of the Inca state in peru.
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Miguel Hidalgo
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He was a spanish priest and revolutionary supporter. He spoke openly about his discontent with politics and the colonial government.
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Dom Pedro I
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Emperor of Brazil and king of portugal and the Algarves. He proclaimed Brazil independant from portugal in the Early 1800's.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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An American social advocate and leading figure of the early Woman's movement.
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