Latin America
Jan 02, 2016
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• Author of “Grito de Delores,” he stirred up the Mexican people against the Spanish in 1810:
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• French leader whose wars in continental Europe distracted and weakened European colonial powers:
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• Looking for a cheaper method of trading with the east, Ferdinand and Isabella eventually sponsored this Italian sea captain:
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• A Spanish soldier, he eventually defected and led the Mexicans to independence following the new constitution in 1820:
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• Shortfall of this method of agriculture is the fact that the farm fields lose its nutrients within a few years:
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• Credited with the early survival of the Mexica people in Tenochitlan, this farm bed proved to be an efficient use of land:
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• While it initially came from Europe, this product took off in Latin America, eventually leading to successful plantations, specifically in the islands and Brazil:
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• Name in the social class system of New Spain, for an Iberian born individual, living in a Spanish colony:
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• This empire was made up of culturally similar city-states, each ruled by a hereditary monarch:
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• This empire was made up of a very small group of core peoples, and surrounded itself with tributary states:
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• Encomienda means “to entrust,” and this institution is largely responsible for entrusting wealthy peninsulare and creole planters with this:
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• Made up of escaped slaves, some of these settlements lasted for centuries, while most were found within a few years:
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• This Aztec practice inadvertently led to its demise, as Spanish opposition was able to easily rouse up enemies to Moctezuma: