Question 1

IDENTIFICATION
-debt servitude

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Debt servitude, also known as debt bonda

Question 2

Until the eighteenth century, legal commerce with the Indies was restricted to

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A)  one colonial port. 
B)  two colonial ports. 
C)  three colonial ports. 
D)  five colonial ports. 
A)  one colonial port. 
B)  two colonial ports. 
C)  three colonial ports. 
D)  five colonial ports.

Question 3

Trace the evolution of Bartolomé de Las Casas' thought on the indigenous question.

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Bartolomé de Las Casas' thought on the i

Question 4

IDENTIFICATION
-mercantilism

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism is an economic theory and p

Question 5

IDENTIFICATION
-Francis Drake

Accepted Answer

Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596) was an En

Question 6

IDENTIFICATION
-mayorazco

Accepted Answer

The term "mayorazco" refers to a Spanish

Question 7

IDENTIFICATION
-quinto

Accepted Answer

It seems like you're asking for an ident

Question 8

Foreign smuggling to the Indies assumed ever larger proportions in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What were the causes of this contraband trade, and why was Spain unable to prevent it?

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The contraband trade to the Indies in th

Question 9

Congregación was a Spanish royal policy that

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A)  forced indigenous people to surrender ancestral lands to expanding haciendas. 
B)  enabled Spaniards to pay a fee to legalize defective titles that usurped indigenous lands. 
C)  assured the perpetuation of consolidated property. 
D)  promoted mixed-race marriages in order to increase indigenous populations. 
A)  forced indigenous people to surrender ancestral lands to expanding haciendas. 
B)  enabled Spaniards to pay a fee to legalize defective titles that usurped indigenous lands. 
C)  assured the perpetuation of consolidated property. 
D)  promoted mixed-race marriages in order to increase indigenous populations.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATION
-congregación

Accepted Answer

The term "congregación" typically refers

Question 11

The alcabalas were

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A)  excise (sales) taxes that raised royal revenues, but limited colonial market expansion. 
B)  elected colonial town officials responsible for collecting royal taxes. 
C)  royal gifts of indigenous people, who were forced to pay tribute to local Spanish officials. 
D)  Spanish traditions that preserved the territorial integrity of the great estates. 
A)  excise (sales) taxes that raised royal revenues, but limited colonial market expansion. 
B)  elected colonial town officials responsible for collecting royal taxes. 
C)  royal gifts of indigenous people, who were forced to pay tribute to local Spanish officials. 
D)  Spanish traditions that preserved the territorial integrity of the great estates.

Question 12

Describe the seventeenth-century transformation of colonial silver mining and its economic and social consequences.

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The seventeenth-century transformation o

Question 13

IDENTIFICATION
-yanaconaje

Accepted Answer

Yanaconaje refers to a system of forced

Question 14

IDENTIFICATION
-Casa de Contratación

Accepted Answer

The Casa de Contratación, also known as

Question 15

The New Laws of the Indies

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A)  permitted compulsory wage labor by indigenous peoples. 
B)  provided that all encomiendas were to lapse on the death of the holder. 
C)  made existing encomiendas hereditary and perpetual. 
D)  legalized debt peonage. 
A)  permitted compulsory wage labor by indigenous peoples. 
B)  provided that all encomiendas were to lapse on the death of the holder. 
C)  made existing encomiendas hereditary and perpetual. 
D)  legalized debt peonage.

IDENTIFICATION -debt servitude

Until the eighteenth century, legal commerce with the Indies was restricted to

Trace the evolution of Bartolomé de Las Casas' thought on the indigenous question.

IDENTIFICATION -mercantilism

IDENTIFICATION -Francis Drake

IDENTIFICATION -mayorazco

IDENTIFICATION -quinto

Foreign smuggling to the Indies assumed ever larger proportions in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What were the causes of this contraband trade, and why was Spain unable to prevent it?

Congregación was a Spanish royal policy that

IDENTIFICATION -congregación

The alcabalas were

Describe the seventeenth-century transformation of colonial silver mining and its economic and social consequences.

IDENTIFICATION -yanaconaje

IDENTIFICATION -Casa de Contratación

The New Laws of the Indies

Ancient America

The Hispanic Background

The Conquest of America

State, Church, and Society

Colonial Brazil

The Bourbon Reforms and Spanish America

The Independence of Latin America

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

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Exam 4: The Economic Foundations of Colonial Life

IDENTIFICATION -debt servitude

Until the eighteenth century, legal commerce with the Indies was restricted to

Trace the evolution of Bartolomé de Las Casas' thought on the indigenous question.

IDENTIFICATION -mercantilism

IDENTIFICATION -Francis Drake

IDENTIFICATION -mayorazco

IDENTIFICATION -quinto

Foreign smuggling to the Indies assumed ever larger proportions in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What were the causes of this contraband trade, and why was Spain unable to prevent it?

Congregación was a Spanish royal policy that

IDENTIFICATION -congregación

The alcabalas were

Describe the seventeenth-century transformation of colonial silver mining and its economic and social consequences.

IDENTIFICATION -yanaconaje

IDENTIFICATION -Casa de Contratación

The New Laws of the Indies

Ancient America

The Hispanic Background

The Conquest of America

State, Church, and Society

Colonial Brazil

The Bourbon Reforms and Spanish America

The Independence of Latin America

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

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