Effects of Spanish Colonization

Spanish Colonies Divided claims into two territories, or viceroyalites, called New Spain and Peru Each viceroyalty had a leader, called a viceroy, who ruled in the king’s name

Spanish Colonial Society Spaniards Creoles Mestizos Native Americans and enslaved Africans

Missions Built by the Catholic Church Included a church building, town, and farmland Helped convert Native Americans to Christianity Increased Spanish control over the land San Miguel Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Products Shipped to Europe Haciendas Encomienda Hacienda Products Shipped to Europe

African Slaves in North America Four reasons why Africans were better slaves than Native Americans: Immune to most European diseases No friends or family to help them escape Worked on farms in Africa Permanent source of cheap labor

That’s three times the population of Kentucky. The African Diaspora The African Diaspora is the forced removal of Africans from their home continent. Before the slave trade ended in the late 1800s, it is estimated that 12 million Africans had been enslaved and shipped to the Western Hemisphere. That’s three times the population of Kentucky.

Middle Passage

Columbian Exchange Positive Effects Negative Effects Plants and animals Negative Effects Diseases Estimated that more than 20 million Native Americans were killed by European disease