History GCSE
Indigenous impact
What Indigenous impact means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Indigenous impact
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The social impact was the exploitation of indigenous populations through early forced labour systems like the encomienda and yanaconas.
Topics that use Indigenous impact
- Option P1: Key topic 3: The Spanish Empire c1528–c1555 - 2 Expansion of empire (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Bartolomé de las Casas
- Economic exploitation
- Encomienda system
- Imperial expansion
- New Laws (1542)
- Strategic settlement
- Viceroys
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