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21 Cards in this Set
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Michaela Bastidas |
Executed for leading an uprising in the Andes 1780-1784 |
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Creoles |
A person of mixed blood, black and European. They were looked down on by full blooded Europeans, both those born on the island and those coming from Spain. |
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Mina Gercis |
Mine in Brazil that mined gold and diamonds around 1700 and was the center of a gold rush. The town that grew around the rush was rampant with crime |
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Enlightenment |
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Panama |
A trading hub controlled by Spain and attacked by pirates. It was used to get goods from South America across to ocean to Spain |
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Castas System |
Term created after 1750, Spanish colonial society sought to institute a system of racial classification called the Casta System. The Casta System was extremely important in the Spanish colonies, because it dictated one's social status, level of taxation, and legal rights. |
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Bourbon Reforms |
Ment to deal with corruption, contraband trade and defense. Originally created to combat only coastal defense and contraband trade, after the Seven Years War the reforms started to curb the power of the churches, change the appointment of spanish born officials, raise taxes, and improve mining output. All took place in the 1700s |
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Penunsilares |
The group of people who came directly from the Iberian Peninsula in Spain to the colonies in the Americas. they though of themselves as true spaniards due to having been born and raised in Spain while looking down on those who had been born over seas in the colonies, not seeing them as true Spaniards |
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Dolores |
rito de Dolores, (English: “Cry of Dolores”) battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain, first uttered by Miguel Hidalgo |
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Father Guadalupe Hidalgo |
The Father of Mexican Indemendence. He started the first spanish independence rebellion against spain in Mexico in 1810 with the "Cry of Dolores" speech |
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Marques de Pombel |
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the leader of the government of Portugal who reacted swiftly to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, implemented new economic policies, and weakened the power held by the Inquisition. |
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Potosí |
A city in south central Bolivia founded in 1554 a s home of the richest silver deposits in history. By the 17th century the mine fell into decline and was replaced with many small silver districts. |
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Mulatto |
Mutt or mixed blood |
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Guamon Pomo de Ayala |
A native Andean writer who wanted to work within the system created by colonizers to persuade the king to reorder colonial society altogether. He appealed a grievance for his indigenous community and ended up sending a long letter to the king which received no reply. |
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Carlos (Charles) II |
The bewitched king of spain, he was chronically I'll, almost mentally incompetent, unable to produce an heir but lasted 35 years in power and at his death Spain's American colonies were still regarded as the most valuable and populous of any held by European overseas |
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Araucainian War |
A series of conflicts between the Auricanan Indians of Chileand the Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century, and one battle between the Araucanians and independent Chile in the 19th century. |
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Sor Juana |
One of the most influential philosophers the ever come out of latin america, a nun who enters the covenant to avoid marriage and became a writer and poet |
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Manuela Bastides |
Wife of Tupac Amaru and martyr for Peruvian independence, as well as respected indigenous leader. She helped Tupac lead the revolt against the spanish. |
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Henry Morgan |
A feared pirate who raided the shores of colonies in America |
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Legacy of Colonialism still used |
1. Rigid social hierarchy, european Elites on top, mixed blooded under them and Africans and natives lowest of all. 2. Economy based on exporting goods 3. Exclusions on politics biased on bloodlines 4. Violent revolts due to unfair scenarios |
