The Spanish

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  1. 3. of Indes administered the bureaucracy of the Spanish
  2. 6. primary religion
  3. 7. conquistador who “punished” the Acoma tribe and sent a message to other tribes by massacring the people and maiming the men, and sent the women and children to serve Spanish families
  4. 9. treaty negotiated by the pope in to resolve the territorial claims of Spain
  5. 11. notion that national wealth is measured by the amount of gold and silver a nation possesses
  6. 14. judicial bodies with the power to overthrow ruling
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  1. 1. member of order founded by St. Francis of Assisi. Known to strive to expand the ideals of poverty and charity
  2. 2. Spanish landowners who lived near the missions to collect tribute from the native population, both in goods and in forced labor
  3. 4. name given to influence a bad perspective of the native american religion and to convert them
  4. 5. a system used to determine separate classes of people based on their family backgrounds, employments, and social positions since birth
  5. 8. de contratación Spanish trading house that regulated commerce
  6. 10. de contratacion Spanish trading house that regulated commerce
  7. 12. purging minor religious groups in Spain
  8. 13. City the center of the Spanish colonies in North America, containing churches, hospitals, monasteries, government buildings, and the New World’s first university