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The asiento was a A) license for foreigners to introduce textiles into the colonies. B) trading ... Started by ashley	1 Replies 51 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by nmyers
A major cause of the encomienda's decline was A) heavy royal taxes on encomenderos. B) the ... Started by roselinechinyere27m	1 Replies 73 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by zacnyjessica
The alcabalas were A) excise (sales) taxes that raised royal revenues, but limited colonial ... Started by acc299	1 Replies 57 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by mjenn52
The hacienda system dominated the colonial economy after 1550 largely because A) acute food ... Started by bobbysung	3 Replies 51 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by aham8f
The Manila Galleon was a part of the Spanish fleet system in which A) the Crown encouraged ... Started by plus1	1 Replies 77 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Kaytorgator
An important function of oidores was to A) review the legality of the viceroy's actions. B) ... Started by MGLQZ	1 Replies 82 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by AaaA
Beginning in the reign of Philip II, the A) election of cabildo members assumed an increasingly ... Started by dalyningkenk	1 Replies 148 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Dominic
Philip II favored the secular over the regular clergy because A) he was angered by the scandalous ... Started by asd123	1 Replies 86 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by pami445
From an economic point of view, the most successful missionary effort was represented by the A) ... Started by kshipps	1 Replies 159 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Edwyer
The distinguishing feature of the colonial aristocracy was A) racial purity. B) wealth. C) ... Started by ec501234	1 Replies 76 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by amy.lauersdorf90
Crown policy toward indigenous peoples favored A) their acculturation to the Hispanic way of ... Started by Lisaclaire	1 Replies 105 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by thall411
In general, modern studies tend to support the view that A) black slavery was milder in Latin ... Started by KimWrice	3 Replies 87 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by batool
One legacy of the colonial period for independent Latin America was A) a tradition of unbiased ... Started by bobypop	1 Replies 97 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by kilada
Viceroys and captains-general were A) the supreme military and civil authority in the colonies. ... Started by Jipu 123	1 Replies 57 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Sophiapenny
Which of the following was not true of Vasco de Quiroga, a Catholic bishop and royal judge? A) He ... Started by j.rubin	1 Replies 111 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by bassamabas
The censo was a A) royal audit of colonial resources upon which tax assessments were based. B) ... Started by Pineappleeh	1 Replies 70 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by medine
The first Brazilian economic cycle was based on A) cacao. B) sugar. C) tobacco. D) ... Started by kwoodring	1 Replies 68 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Dunkey
The principal activity of the bandeirantes was A) the capture of indigenous slaves. B) the ... Started by sc00by25	1 Replies 72 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by Mollythedog
The Jesuits aroused the hostility of the Brazilian planters by their A) opposition to black ... Started by Frost2351	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by amy.lauersdorf90
The decline of the Brazilian sugar industry by the late seventeenth century was primarily because of ... Started by MGLQZ	3 Replies 81 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by aadams68
An important element in Pombal's effort to reconquer Brazilian markets for Portugal was A) ... Started by ap345	1 Replies 51 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by jessofishing
In colonial Brazil, great landowners often enhanced their personal influence with the immense power ... Started by Sportsfan2111	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by ansleighelindsey
The view that Brazilian slavery was milder than slavery in other colonies was largely fostered by ... Started by jparksx	1 Replies 89 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by aburgess
The War of the Mascates was A) a struggle between Brazilian-born mazombos and peninsulars. B) a ... Started by cookcarl	1 Replies 51 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by dawsa925
The free commoner population of colonial Brazil consisted primarily of A) yeoman farmers. B) ... Started by Sportsfan2111	1 Replies 144 Views	Jul 4, 2018 by kilada