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Muslims of North Africa Invade Iberian Peninsula 711CE
“Northern Christian Kingdoms” Resist rule of various Muslim leaders La Reconquista Moors Ferdinand and Isabella Granada Christian Reconquista
Christopher Columbus Hispaniola – Dominican Republic and Haiti. Conquest of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean is seen as an extension of the Reconquista effort
The Portuguese and the African Slave Trade 1440s Portugal starts Spain follows
Conquest of the Americas - overview Death Enslavement Sexual violence and exploitation Christianization (specifically Catholicism)
Antonio de Montesinos Became a champion of indigenes Opposed confiscation 1511 Christmas Sermon
Bartolome de las Casas Zealous participant in conquest, changed mindset. “championed” indigenes
Invasion of Tenochtitlán Hernán Cortes Conquistadores
“God, Gold, & Glory” Veracruz 1519 → Tenochtitlan Moctezuma Cuahtemoc Spain’s desire for Gold Aggression with women Disease
Why were the Spanish Victorious? Todorov “Great Man” theory Legend of the Sun God Superior Weaponry European diseases Military Alliances
Malinalli or Marina or La Malinche? 1502-1527 Tarasco, Oaxaca, Maya Tabasco 1519
The Rest of New Spain 1540 – Francisco Vazquez de Coronado 1533 – Diego de Guzman 1539 – Friar Marcos de Niza Alvar Nunes Cabeza de Vaca 1527
Spanish Heritage in the Southwest Transformation of the lands in these areas
Objectives in “northern frontier” Gold Land Conversion Buffer Zone
Permanent Settlements Missions Presidios Pueblos Cities and towns Native Americans Martin Enriquez de Almansa
Factors in Decline of indigenes Displacement Haciendas
Colonization New Mexico 1610 Pueblos vs Franciscans Est. Santa Fe as capital Juan de Onate Pueblos vs Franciscans Kivas and cultural resistance
The Pueblo/Great Northern Rebellion Religion Tewa Indians Popé millenarianism
Fallout Recolonization in 1692 Lessons
Texas Colony El Paso del Norte Coastal Regions
Spanish 18th Century Economic decline Foreign encroachment Rio Grande
El Paso del Norte Rodriguez-Sánchez Expedition Missions Nuestra Seῆora de Guadalupe (1659) San Lorenzo
Tlaxcalans Imported as laborers Build missions Controversy about role
French in Texas La Salle and the Mississippi River Ft. St. Louis
Spanish Settlements in Texas
Institutional Development Franciscans Presidios Population Death and Compadrazgo Government Viceroy Governor Cabildo Ayuntamientos
Economy Agriculture Missions Mining Military Hacienda Cattle Ranching Slavery
California Colony – 1760s Largest colony of the Northern Frontier Yokut – 75% pop- ulation loss Missionizing Coastal defense
Missions New Mexico Texas California Constant trouble Impermanence Used for border control Constant attack by Indians Impermanence California Self sustaining Almost exactly like NM but without the rebellion
California Missions Agriculture Indians and the mission Vaqueros Restrictions Father Junipero Serra Est. first mission (San Diego, 1768)
Class Lines Small elite Mixed ancestry Gender lines redefined Cast system Peninsulares Criollos Indios Mestizo Mulatto Black/negro