APUSH Period 1-3 Review

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Spanish government's policy to give Native Americans to colonists to provide labor and to be converted to Christianity. Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue native tribes.

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Encomienda System

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The system that brought enslaved people from West Africa to the Spanish colonies.

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Asiento System

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This rebellion was an uprising of Native American pueblos that resulted in the expulsion of Spaniards from New Mexico for about a decade.

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Pueblo Revolt

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An economic system based on government regulation that controlled colonial commerce and manufacturing for the enrichment of the mother country.

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Mercantilism

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Dominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Nation Americans, advocated for Native American rights, and opposed the harsh treatment and forced labor of Native Americans.

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Bartolomeo de Las Casas

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Native American confederacy located in the Northeastern Woodlands. They lived in permanent settlements consisting of multi-family longhouses built of wood and bark. They used three-sister agriculture and hunting to support their community.

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Iroquois

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In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

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steps in the growth of representative democracy

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The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it placed restrictions on trading.

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placed restrictions on trading

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The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it

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expressed the importance of self-government

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The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

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buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them as finished products