The birth of New Spain (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Flashcards
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What is a mestizo?
What is a mestizo?
Person of mixed Spanish & indigenous descent
What Spanish did to Lake Texcoco
What Spanish did to Lake Texcoco
Drained & filled it (believed disease-ridden)
Spanish changed Aztec farmland to
Spanish changed Aztec farmland to
Livestock pastures
Spanish cash crops introduced
Spanish cash crops introduced
Sugarcane & coffee
When smallpox outbreak occurred
When smallpox outbreak occurred
1520-1521
What is a calpolli?
What is a calpolli?
Indigenous clan-based neighbourhood
Mexico City built on ruins of
Mexico City built on ruins of
Tenochtitlan
Who could hold high office in the colony?
Who could hold high office in the colony?
Spanish born in Spain
Who were Creoles?
Who were Creoles?
Spanish descent but born in Mexico
Indigenous status after conquest
Indigenous status after conquest
Most marginalised; forced labour & harsh conditions