History 1123, Lecture and Terms for:




Empire in the Americas after 1500

I. Administrative Structure

 A. Brazil, British North America, British and French Caribbean, Spanish Americas
 1. Local Level








  2. Provincial Level







3. Supra-Provincial Level







4. Taxes?



 
 

II. Society
 

A. Brazil, British North America, the British & French Caribbean, and the Spanish Americas
 
 
1. Europeans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2. mestizos, zambos, pardos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3. Native Americans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4. Africans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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III. Economy
 
A. Spanish Americas


 
 

B. Brazil



C. the Caribbean




British North America


 
 

Key Terms:

Council of the Indies/Overseas Council
Board of Trade
audiencia
Royal Supreme Council of the Indies
 pecho
criollos
peninsulares
mestizo
zambo
pardo
gente razón/gente vil
degradados
encomienda
encomenderos
New Laws for the Indies (1542)
proto-industrial
cash crops
sugar
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