Spanish Exploration

In 1494, Spain and Portugal moved the line of demarcation several degrees west, establishing Portugal’s claim to Brazil.

• Encomienda system

• Caste system

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)

A labor system in which the Spanish crown authorized Spaniards, known as encomenderos, to enslave native people to farm and mine in the Americas.

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)

• Caste system

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Encomienda system

A social system in which class status is determined at birth. The Spanish had mixed-race children in the Americas with enslaved Africans and Native Americans. Status was determined by how “Spanish” one was, so those with little to no Spanish blood were in the lowest class.

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)

• Caste system

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Encomienda system

A social system in which class status is determined at birth. The Spanish had mixed-race children in the Americas with enslaved Africans and Native Americans. Status was determined by how “Spanish” one was, so those with little to no Spanish blood were in the lowest class.

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)

• Caste system

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Encomienda system

A Spanish priest who criticized Spain’s treatment of Native Americans in its colonies.

• Encomienda system

• Bartolome de las Casas

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)A successful rebellion by Pueblo Native Americans to

A successful rebellion by Pueblo Native Americans to reclaim Pueblo religious practices, culture, and land that had been stripped away by Spanish colonizers.

• Pueblo Revolt (1680)

• Caste system

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Encomienda system

What were the 3 things Spanish explorers were looking for when they were trying to colonize the Americas?

• God, glory, and gold

• They wanted to have freedom of religion.

• They were being forced out by other countries.

• They were looking for new territory

The Pueblo people, Native Americans living in what is now New Mexico, rose up against Spanish conquistadores in the wake of religious persecution, violence, and drought.

• The Spanish Revolt

• The Spanish Uprising

• The Pueblo Drought

• Pueblo Uprising of 1680

a Pueblo leader and medicine man

• Mayan

• Pope

• Conquistador

• Aztec

a hand-written document made up of separate pages bound together with a cover used by the Aztecs.

• amatl

• codex