Colonial Society: Race, Class, And Gender
Colonial Society
Race, Class, and Gender
Comprehension
The conquistadors of Mexico were adventurers, not true colonists.
Society was composed of three basic ethnic groups, Spanish, Indian and African.
Mestizo is considered to be a Spanish-Indian parentage, but it's helpful to distinguish the racial categories.
Spaniards were made up of more than one thousand people.
The Spaniards were in the top class, mostly known for the elite class. they had indian servants and laborers working for them. They had 3 or 4 slaves or laborers per home.
Economically the Spaniards weren't the “rich” people, they weren't the ones that were on top of the pyramid for the money.
The Spanish worked in many different things, they sometimes worked on government and some
of them got with the indian groups.
The blacks and afro mestizos were the laborers or slaves that worked for the higher classes.
The blacks or known as the africans had special skills and were trained for special skills like mining.
The africans were more expensive than the natives because of their skills, sometimes the Africans supervised the Natives.
This slaves won little money and could buy their freedom after winning a specific ton of money so they could live.
They had special rules, for example the blacks and afro mestizos couldn't be more than 3 people in public.
Application
The slaves were known for laborers that don't win money, so how they bought they freedom? Do the higher people like the spaniards payed the slaves, or the laborers that worked for them?
Analysis
Reading this chapter you can realize how the Spaniards brought many ideas and people know use the ideas that the Spaniards brought know at day. For example now at day we have a servant in our house when no place in the world is similar to this.
Thesis
Reading Chapter 11 in Mexican History Spaniards weren't not just in top of the pyramid but ruled the inferior.
Race, Class, and Gender
Comprehension
The conquistadors of Mexico were adventurers, not true colonists.
Society was composed of three basic ethnic groups, Spanish, Indian and African.
Mestizo is considered to be a Spanish-Indian parentage, but it's helpful to distinguish the racial categories.
Spaniards were made up of more than one thousand people.
The Spaniards were in the top class, mostly known for the elite class. they had indian servants and laborers working for them. They had 3 or 4 slaves or laborers per home.
Economically the Spaniards weren't the “rich” people, they weren't the ones that were on top of the pyramid for the money.
The Spanish worked in many different things, they sometimes worked on government and some
of them got with the indian groups.
The blacks and afro mestizos were the laborers or slaves that worked for the higher classes.
The blacks or known as the africans had special skills and were trained for special skills like mining.
The africans were more expensive than the natives because of their skills, sometimes the Africans supervised the Natives.
This slaves won little money and could buy their freedom after winning a specific ton of money so they could live.
They had special rules, for example the blacks and afro mestizos couldn't be more than 3 people in public.
Application
The slaves were known for laborers that don't win money, so how they bought they freedom? Do the higher people like the spaniards payed the slaves, or the laborers that worked for them?
Analysis
Reading this chapter you can realize how the Spaniards brought many ideas and people know use the ideas that the Spaniards brought know at day. For example now at day we have a servant in our house when no place in the world is similar to this.
Thesis
Reading Chapter 11 in Mexican History Spaniards weren't not just in top of the pyramid but ruled the inferior.