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    Cesi Salmeron Change Over Time Essay February 13‚ 2008 The Spaniard and Portuguese exploration from 1400-1600 led to the arrival in Latin America. However‚ once the Spaniards arrived‚ they exploited forced labor used by Native American predecessors. Eventually this leads to African slave labor. Europeans sought economic gain and social mobility. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. Thus‚ the use of labor systems in

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    In 1494‚ Queen Isabella sent out and edict saying that “Indians have souls” therefore‚ it is the duty as a conquistador to save them. As a result‚ an encomienda system was established in 1512 by Fray Nicolas de Ovando. The encomienda system regulated Native labour and behavior during Spanish colonization. In exchange‚ the encomenderos were to take responsibility for the Natives via converting to the Christian faith‚ protect them from warring

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    indigenous people were either killed during war‚ died due to diseases or were subdued and forced to work on an encomienda system. Those who weren’t were either taken away to work as slaves in other Spanish Colonies’ some fled to bushes and formed maroons and some passed due to bad treatment and/or diseases. Those who didn’t were forced into a work system called an encomienda. The encomienda system established by Columbus in 1499 was supposed Christianize‚ clothe and pay

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    enslavement of the natives. Nevertheless‚ the Spaniards still relied on the labor of the natives to assist them in building the colonies. Instead‚ the Spaniards relied on the newly developed system of encomiendas‚ which were legal labor systems that was developed in order to reduce the abuse of forced labor (“Encomienda”). During the Portuguese colonization of Brazil‚ King João granted captaincies to donatários. These captaincies were detrimental for the natives in Brazil‚ as the donatários disrupted their

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    SAS® Curriculum Pathways® Social Studies 883 Age of Exploration: Spain in the New World: Student Answers NAME: Brandon Gibbons CLASS: American History DATE: 11/24/2014 Note to Instructor: Focus Question Should Spanish colonial settlers accept the New Laws of 1542? Background Movies Conquistadors: conquerors tha claimed a vast empire for Spain. Pursued economic‚political‚ and religious goals. King Charles I of Spain: 1531 responded to the massacres by the conquisadors. He required Christian

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    THE ADVENT OF EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST FERDINAND MAGELLAN * A Portuguese explorer who is known as the first circumnavigator of the Earth. * Born in 1480 at Saborosa/Sabrosa in Villa Real‚ Province of Traz os Montes‚ Portugal. * His first stint as a maritime explorer began in 1505 when he offered his services to be a part of Francisco d’Almeida’s expedition. * Ferdinand Magellan renounced his citizenship and offered his services to the King of Spain. TREATY OF TORDESILLAS

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    The collision of the New and Old World brought with it many consequences‚ whether they be favorable or disastrous. Notably‚ the exchange of flora and fauna between continents was beneficial to everyone. The Europeans introduced the Natives to horses‚ cows‚ and pigs; The horses quickly spread through the North American mainland and were adopted by the Apaches‚ Sioux‚ and Blackfeet Indian tribes. Likewise‚ the Europeans first saw exotic animals‚ such as rattlesnakes and iguanas. They also revolutionized

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    everyone. Menchaca—Chpt. 2 4. Noble Savage debate--know different sides of the debate and who was involved a. The church and Sepulveda and his followers 5. Definition of Repartimiento‚ encomienda‚ corregimiento a. Repartimiento – colonial forced labor system imposed on indigenous by Spanish b. Encomienda – legal system that was employed mainly by Spanish to regulate labor and autonomy – Allotment c. Corregimiento – country subdivisions – crown retained legal title to land - 6. Law of Burgos

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    arrowed Montezuma only to find out that Cortes has kidnapped him and ruled over him (Engineering and Empire: Aztec). Encomiendas were grants of native people that the Spaniards gave each other in return for providing native people protection and conversion to Christianity. It was not slavery‚ because grants stipulated that native people will provide tribute or tribute labor. The encomiendas were established to collect tribute

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    d. There were no Caribbean cities e. 6. There was an absence of commerce in American cities They were built near water The grants of Indians to individual Spaniards as a labor system were called a. b. Consulados c. Encomiendas d. Audiencias e. 7. Obrajes Alcaldes What group of Indians supplied agricultural labor for the Spaniards in the Caribbean a. b. Lakota c. Unami d. Taino e. 8. Aztec Arawak The Dominican friar

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