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| conquerors who arrived in the Americas after Christopher Columbus |
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| resistance...the Native Americans couldn't fight off the diseases |
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| agreements with other groups...Cortes made agreements other groups to fight the Aztecs |
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| a war fought between groups of people in the same nation...two brothers who ruled the Incas were fighting each other |
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| representatives who ruled in he ruler's name |
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| the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area...power used by the Spanish |
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| workers forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt |
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| the top of the Spanish colonial social class...filled the highest positions in colonial governments and the Catholic Church |
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| American-born descendants of Spanish settlers |
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| people of Native American and European descent...lowest social class |
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| people of African and European descent...lowest social class |
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| pirates...they preyed on treatsures from the Americas |
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| trade route that formed as part of the Atlantic slave trade |
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| the second leg of the triangular trade route...the leg that took slaves from Africa |
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| revolts by captives on the ships |
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| a rise in prices that is linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available...caused by the enormous amount of silver and gold flowing into Eruope from the Americas |
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| a division of the non-European world into two zones; between Spain and Portugal |
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| large estates run by an owner or an owner's overseer in the Americas |
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| exclusive control of a business or industry |
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