Vocab Ch. 3 Sec. 2

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Across
  1. 3. American-born descendants of Spanish settlers. Second-generation. Owned most of the plantations, ranches, and mines.
  2. 5. settlers born in Spain that were on the highest rung of the new colonial Spanish social hierarchy.
  3. 7. spoke out against the encomienda system and urged Spain to stop the practice. Led to the New Laws of the Indies.
  4. 9. granted to conquistadors by Spain that gave them the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area.
  5. 10. representatives who ruled in the name of the king in the Spanish colonies.
Down
  1. 1. a profitable, sought after resource that the Spanish had laborers harvest.
  2. 2. people of Native American and European descent. Part of the lower-class.
  3. 4. people of African and European descent. Part of lower-class. Only above indigenous people and enslaved Africans in the social hierarchy.
  4. 5. "legalized pirates" who operated under the approval of European governments that preyed on Spanish treasure ships.
  5. 6. workers forced to work hard labor for landlords in order to pay off a debt. Were advanced food, tools, or seeds to make them indebted.
  6. 8. advisory councils of Spanish settlers who helped the viceroys rule.