HABSBURG SPAIN
AUDIENCIA
A legal and
administrative body with authority over a large region.
CABILDO
A city council
that governed a municipality.
COLONISATION
The settlement
of people in another part of the world, where they established political
control.
COMUNEROS
(Revolt of the)
A rebellion in
Castilian cities in 1520-1521, caused by high taxation and foreign influence at
the court.
CORREGIDOR
An oficial
appointed by the monarch who governed a large city and its region.
COUNCIL OF
THE INDIES
A council,
called the Consejo de Indias in Spanish that advised the monarch on American
administration.
CREOLE
A person born
of European descent in Spanish America.
DYNASTY
A succession
of monarhs from the same family who hold power from one generation to another.
ENCOMIENDA
Asystem in
Spanish America which gave leading Spaniards authority.
EXPEDITION
An organiseded
journey of discovery or conquest.
FAVOURITE
A person given
privileges and responsabilities because of their friendship with the monarch.
GOVERNORS
An official
responsable for ruling a province
HACIENDA
In Spanish
America, a great estate.
HEIR
A person who
receives an inheritance when someone dies.
INVINCIBLE
ARMADA
The fleet that
Felipe II sent to invade England unsuccessfully in 1588.
LIMPIEZA DE
SANGRE
Purity of
blood
MESTIZO
In Spanish
America, a person of mixed White and Indian origin.
MISSION
A group of
Christians, often from a religious order, who converted the local population of
a colonised territory.
MITA
A system of
forced labour that supplied an Indian workforce to mines and farms in Spanish
America..
MONARCHY
A system of
government in which a king or queen holds political authority.
MORISCO
A Muslim
convert to Christianity after the whole Iberian Peninsula became Christian in 1492.
PENINSULAR
SPANIARD
In Spanish
America, a White person who was born in Spain.
PURITY OF
BLOOD
In Spanish,
this was limpieza de sangre, the idea that high public office in Spain should
be reserved for people without Jewish or Muslim ancestors.
REVOLT
A rebellion
SLAVE
Aperson
without rights who was considered to be the property of another person.
TRADE
AUTHORITY
The Casa de la
Contratación was a Spanish institution, based in Sevilla, hat regulated trade
with America.
UNIONS OF
ARMS
A project of
the Count-Duke of Olivares that required all the Spanish territories to make
military contributions.
VALIDO
A royal
favourite who governed on behalf of the monarch
VICEROY
A Royal
official who ruled a very large territory called a Viceroyalty in the name of
the monarch.
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