The Spanish crown reluctantly agreed to the giving of encomiendas in light of the fact that it expected to give a reward to the conquistadors(The Gilder Institute). The system basically consisted of men whose only talent was to kill people‚ cause disorder and to torture. The rulers/kings hesitated several times
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(1484-1566) as one of the first settlers in New Spain (the New World) and his address to Prince Philip (future king of Spain) regarding the Spanish treatment of the Native Americans as unjust. He advocates for Indian rights and rejects the encomienda system. The encomienda system was a grant from the Spanish crown allowing the colonists in America the ability to demand forced labor and led to protests by people like Casas that the system was unethical and would be abolished later on. His argument in his
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The economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands‚ because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for
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Cortés led an army into the American mainland‚ eager to claim new lands for Spain MESTIZO- or mixed Spanish and Native American—population. Their descendants live today in Mexico‚ other Latin American coun- tries‚ and the United States. ENCOMIENDA- encomienda‚ in which the natives farmed‚ ranched‚ or mined for Spanish land- lords‚ who had received the rights to their labor from Spanish authorities. JUAN PONCE DE LEON- explorer Juan Ponce de León spied a tree- covered beach. In honor of the holiday
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THE EXPLOITATION OF LABOUR The history of the Caribbean is the history of exploitation of labor discuss with reference to two of the following labor systems 1. Encomienda 2. Slavery 3. Indenture ship To properly analyze the above heading the definition of the keyword must first be found. The word exploitation can be defined as a situation in which someone treats someone else unfairly in order to get money or an advantage for themselves‚ while the word Labor means the effort of
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lived and how they were treated. The encomienda system was established‚ this system that the Spanish settlers were entrusted with their own communities of natives called ‘encomiendas’ that served beneath their jurisdiction. The natives had to provide labour and tributes for their overlords‚ or ‘encomenderos’. Hernan Cortes‚ became arguably the most famous conquistador‚ once stated “I came to get gold‚ not till the soil like a peasant”. Essentially‚ the encomienda system acted as a justification that
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Question: Examine the role of the Church in Spain’s conquest and colonization of continental America. The role of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain’s conquest and colonization of continental America was a two-fold process whereby under the façade of conversion and control lay the primary goal of gaining wealth‚ enforcing laws and the inevitable extension of control while condoning the beginnings of European slavery in the Caribbean.[i] Alternately‚ behind the movement for converting Indians
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C) The development of systems of productions: Slash and Burn‚ Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship‚ the Plantation system. A system of production refers to the way in which an economy is organizes to provide commodities to sustain society. Slash and Burn When the Spaniards arrived the Arawaks and Caribs were producing Agricultural surpluses and trade was mostly organized around feeding and providing for the wants of the community. The arawaks and caribs used a slash and burn technique in their
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implementing laws from the mother country. He also has the power to appoint or relieve officer in the government or priest in the parish‚ except with those personally appointed by the king of Spain. The provinces in the island were called as "Encomienda" and were governed by the "Encomienderos"‚ later they were replaced by the "Alcalde Mayor" "Alcalde Mayor" had both the executive and judicial power. He had also given the right to collect taxes. The "Alcalde Mayor" was also allowed to establish
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For the first ten years of colonization‚ Hispaniola was the only colony in the Caribbean where the Spanish settled. In the 16thcentury‚ Hispaniola was the centre of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean. It was known as the Pearl of the Caribbean. Just like in the other colonies‚ the Tainos thought that the Spaniards were gods and welcomed them into their villages. Columbus believed that Hispaniola had gold and forced the Tainos to work in the mines. Columbus also made the Tainos pay the Spanish
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