The impact of trade (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Period of Spanish trade transformation with Americas
Period of Spanish trade transformation with Americas
c1528-c1555
What Seville became due to American trade
What Seville became due to American trade
Europe's wealthiest trading city
Casa de Contratación function
Casa de Contratación function
House of Trade - controlled all goods between Europe & Americas, collected taxes
Main valuable plants traded from Americas
Main valuable plants traded from Americas
Cotton and tobacco
What made Seville merchants extraordinarily wealthy
What made Seville merchants extraordinarily wealthy
Flow of precious silver
Year Seville became Spain's primary Americas trade link
Year Seville became Spain's primary Americas trade link
1555
Consulado de Mercaderes
Consulado de Mercaderes
Powerful Spanish merchants' guild controlling American trade
What the encomienda system managed
What the encomienda system managed
Cotton/tobacco trade & silver mine operations
Causes of Indigenous population catastrophic decline
Causes of Indigenous population catastrophic decline
Disease (smallpox), overwork in mines, mass killings
When labour shortages became critical
When labour shortages became critical
Mid-1550s
Bartolomé de las Casas's 1520s suggestion
Bartolomé de las Casas's 1520s suggestion
Replace Indigenous workers with enslaved Africans (later changed position)
Treaty of Tordesillas impact on Spanish slave trade
Treaty of Tordesillas impact on Spanish slave trade
Prevented Spain from directly acquiring enslaved people from West Africa
Asientos
Asientos
Licences permitting supply of enslaved people to Americas
Who controlled West African slave trade route
Who controlled West African slave trade route
Portugal