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    defender of Amerindians in the early colonial period was who? 13. Which of the following became the richest institution of the Spanish colonies? 14. The economic development of the colonies in Mexico and Peru was dominated by who? 15. What is an encomienda? 16. The forced labor system where the male

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    Chapter 1 Curriculum Framework On a North American continent controlled by American Indians‚ contact among the peoples of Europe‚ the Americas‚ and West Africa created a new world. Key Concept 1.1 Before the arrival of Europeans‚ native populations in North America developed a wide variety of social‚ political‚ and economic structures based in part on interactions with the environment and each other. I. As settlers migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time‚ they

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    Compare the experience of the French‚ Spanish and English in colonizing New World‚ What common perception of the region did they share? Discuss difference in their relationship with Native Americans. The history of colonial North America centers primarily on the struggle of England‚ Spanish‚ and France to gain control of the continent. Settlers crossed the Atlantic for different reasons‚ and their governments took different approaches to their colonizing efforts. These differences created both advantages

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    conquering "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola"‚ while doing so‚ he embittered many Native Americans toward the Spanish. As the Spaniards trudged through the North American borders in search of gold and slaves‚ they established a labor system called the encomienda system which helped sustain control over the natives in North‚ Central‚ and South America‚ so they can have certain opportunities to roam the lands in search of gold without any unwanted interruptions. Conquistadors were granted trusteeship over

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    Columbian Exchange Essay The discovery of the New World in 1492 opened a new era that would later be called the Columbian Exchange. This exchange of plants‚ animals‚ diseases‚ and people between the Old and New Worlds brought substantial change to both regions that led to changes in their everyday lives. Europeans‚ Africans‚ and New World inhabitants alike felt the beneficial yet harmful effects of this intercontinental exchange such as Europe gaining healthier foods‚ Africa with its rise in slavery

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    According to the text‚ an encomienda is an institution by which Spanish colonizers were assigned‚ through royal concession‚ rights to collect tributes from natives‚ sell their produce and exploit their labor. Bartolome’ view on the treatment of the Indians goes against everything that an encomienda is supposed to live by. Las Casas had written many works of literature‚ one in particular‚ a treaty. In this treaty

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    It was noted that‚ “The encomienda system was clearly an abuse of the Indians’ property rights‚ but was rationalized under the pretense that it was the most effective method of acculturating them”. (Menchaca 51) Gines de Sepulveda a influential spokesman in Spain deemed Indians‚

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    Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de Las Casas were two men placed in a position of authority over many tribal peoples during the Spanish exploration and conquest of the New World. Representing Christ as a Christian and the Spanish Crown as a chosen representative‚ Columbus formulated a view of the American savages favorable to the Spanish and based on commercial reality. Again representing Christ as a Christian but also the Roman Catholic Church as a priest‚ Las Casas thought of the Indians mainly

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    1.The Shaping of North America 1.Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin the era of accurately recorded history on the continent. 2.The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. The continents then spread out as drifting islands. 3.Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4.The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America

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    The situation of women in the pre-Columbian era was like any other culture because power had man. The woman lacked rights‚ was sometimes treated as an object. For example‚ in one of the most developed pre-Columbian civilizations‚ the Aztecs‚ a situation occurred with the rights of women with the Malinche. She was a girl of the Aztec culture‚ who after a clash between tribes was ceded as a slave‚ because that was the tradition of those times. Later‚ Malinche was again ceded as a slave‚ but this time

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