AP World History: Modern / Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–1750)
4.5 Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed
Notes
Empires used forced labor (encomienda, mit'a adapted by Spain, chattel slavery), and created new social hierarchies. Mercantilism guided economic policy. Resistance occurred (maroon communities).
Practice
Chattel slavery meant:
Hereditary bondage.
Spain used the existing Inca mit'a system to force labor in:
Potosí.
Maroon communities were made up of:
Resistance.
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