1. Encomienda System - Spanish for “Entrusted” …
- A system of labor organization …
- “Vassals & Tribute ” …
- Individual granted an “encomienda” was to be responsible for Christianizing & protection.

2. Traditional Empires
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Cliff Dwellers
Mound builders

3. Maya Civilization

4. Anasazi Cultural Sites
Mesa Verde

5. “Hogan” – Navajo traditional dwelling

6. Mound Builders
Serpent Mound

7. Cahokia

8. Spanish Viceroyalties
Centers of Administration
Mexico City
Lima, Peru

9. Bartolome de las Casas
Originally, a fortune-seeking encomienda owner …
Dominican friar who stood up for the rights of Indigenous peoples …

10. Ashoka, 268 – 232 B.C.

11. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Famous Mexican nun, poet, scientist, etc.
Hegemony – a form of domination that implies consent by those at the bottom

12. Complexity of Race - Peninsular - Creole - Mestizo (a) - Mulatto (a)
Painting “Redemption of Ham” (1895) by Modesto Brocos y Gomez
- Peninsular
- Creole
- Mestizo (a)
- Mulatto (a)
- African

13. Read pages 130-134 from Chapter Two, “New Global Connections,” “European Colonies in North America”
New France …
Economic focus was …
Jesuits and missionaries …
Success of farming in New France …
French outposts by early 1700’s …
Summary of English colonies …
Compact …
The “Middle Colonies” …
French and Indian War …