History GCSE
New Laws (1542)
What New Laws (1542) means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of New Laws (1542)
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Laws passed by the Crown after Las Casas's campaigning, which aimed to abolish the encomienda system and protect indigenous people from enslavement.
Topics that use New Laws (1542)
- 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
- Indigenous impact
- Strategic settlement
- Viceroys
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