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chapter 3 history
New empires in in the Americas
Term | Definition |
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Council of the Indies | Formed to govern the Americas from Spain - it wrote laws, selected officials, and judged legal cases |
Hernando Desoto | fought with pizzarro in peru, led the conquestadors North looking for gold |
Peter Minuit | Bought manhatten island from the Local American Indians, founded New Amsterdam |
Bartolome do Las Casa | He was a encomendero who became a priest, He protested the encomerdero sytem and defended American Indians. |
Ponce de Leon | Went to Florida in search of the Fountain of youth |
El Camino Real | "the Royal Road" it was built by Spanish settlers to connect scattered communities of new spain |
Charter | A document giving permission to start a colony |
Sea Dogs | Sailors who raided Spanish treasure ships |
Francisco Pizarro | Conqured the inca empire and killed their leader |
Conquistadores | Spanish soldier who led military expiditions in america |
El Greco | A greek artist famous for his paintings |
jacgues Cartier | `French explorer who sailed to North America in 1534 |
Samuel de Champlain | Helped give france a claim to North America |
Protestants | Protesters of the Catholic Church |
Inca | An empire ruled by Atahaulpa |
Vasqus de Coronado | captured the Zuni colony called cibolor |
Junipero Serra | Missionary that wanted to spread Christianity to the indians |
Pueblos | Served as military post and centers of studies |
Missions | Build around a church and converted American Indians to Catholism |
Presidios | Military forts |
martin Luther | Catholic preist in Germany became well know for protesting the policies of the catholic church |
Malintzin | American indian woman who served as a interpreture |
Montreal | became the center for the fur trade |
TENOCHTITLAN AND CORTES | cortez invaided tenochititlan in 1519 |
American Indian labor in new spain | American Indians would trade furs |
KING HENERY VIIII AND THE ANGELIC CHURCH | King Henery founded the angelic church |
Spanish Armada | Fleet of ships sent to invade england |
French explorers and American Indians | The would trade furs for jewelry and tools |