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Spain in America 2.3
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The Conquest of Mexico Conquistadors Gold & silver 1519 Cortes arrives
1521 Aztecs conquered Cortes & Spain gold
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Conquest of Peru 1533 Pizarro Silver for Pizarro & Spain
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Why Spain Won Superior weapons & animals Aztec neighbors helped
Small pox
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Justification for Conquest
Cultural superiority History of crusades Papal order dividing the New World Mission to spread Catholicism Heathenism Protestantism 1517
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Exploration of NA 1513 Ponce de Leon Florida
gold & The Fountain of Youth 1565 St. Augustine
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The Seven Cities of Gold
“Cibola” De Vaco & Estevanico DeSoto 3yrs Florida & SE Violent Buried in MS River
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Coronado N. Mexico, AZ, NM 1540 Zuni No gold CO River to KS Buffalo
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Devastation of Indian Communities
Mobile communities 100’s of people Spread disease Later colonizers will find native settlements gone
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Conquistador Rule Demand tax & labor
Natives worked to death in the mines Cruel
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Indian Labor Gold & sliver mines Haciendas
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Spain & Indians 2 agendas Restraints on abuse Saving souls
Exploit labor Restraints on abuse Pope ban on Indian enslavement 1537 Las Casas’s Destruction of the Indies
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Colonial Govt Curb conquistador aggression Est. top-down royal govt
Social composition Young men, laborers, craftsmen, soldiers Govt officials, priests, professionals, minor aristocrats
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The New Laws 1542 Continued abuse banning native slavery
encomienda system – free forced labor Continued abuse repartimiento system – involuntary paid labor African slaves
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Plantation System Large farms in NA Tobacco & sugar in West Indies
Native labor then 1500’s African slaves
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Spanish Settlement Pueblos Missions Prisidio 1598 New Mexico founded
Cattle & horses 1607 Santa Fe capitol of Providence
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Spanish Settlements
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Spanish Society 4 Classes Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos
Native American & African Slaves
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Southwest NM, TX, CA 1542 Spain claims CA 1769 missions CA
Natives farm & maintain mission Changes to native life Traditions bad Christian farmers now
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Impact of Native Societies on Empire
Mestizos Hybrid culture 1531 Virgin of Guadalupe
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Black Legend Spain’s image as uniquely brutal & exploitive
Based on conquistadors & Las Casas writings Justify other European powers to challenge Spain for New World control
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