high school classes‚ Filipino students are generally taught that an encomienda was a piece of land given to a Spaniard for a certain period of time. Included on that land are the indios (natives) who were the original settlers. The receiver of the encomienda is called an encomendero. The encomendero had the right to exploit the natives for labor but without enslaving them. Unfortunately‚ it is hardly taught that an encomienda was a quid pro quo affair. What is hardly taught these days is that
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Americas because it attributed to the economic growth of Iberian Crowns. The imposition of Labor System on the indigenous people and Africans was an excuse from both Spaniards and Portuguese to exploit them
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The Spanish crown utilized the encomienda system during its conquests and colonization of the Americas as a way to compensate those who conquered native lands‚ thus a tool for expanding the Spanish Empire. The encomenderos‚ usually conquistadors‚ were granted control and responsibility of the peoples they conquered and were expected to convert them to Catholicism‚ teach them the Spanish language‚ and‚ often least importantly‚ protect them from enemy tribes. In return for this protection‚ the natives
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The encomienda system was a trusteeship labor system employed by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Philippines in order to consolidate their conquests. Conquistadors were granted trusteeship over the indigenous people they conquered‚ in an expansion of familiar medieval feudal institutions‚ notably the commendation ceremony‚ which had been established in New Castile during the Reconquista. The encomiendo system differed from the developed form of feudalism
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“The history of the Caribbean is the history of the exploitation of labour” - with reference to slavery and the Encomienda labour system” In the above statement “the history of the Caribbean is the history of the exploitation of labour‚” it simply states that the Caribbean’s history is basically the history of its exploitation of labour. The definitions of keywords exploitation and labour must be considered. Exploitation can be defined as the practice of taking selfish or unfair advantage of a
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Electoral systems in the Caribbean needs to be changed. How real is this view? An election as a political process serves as the single most important mechanism for citizens to participate in the selection of a government. When conducted to international standards‚ elections tend to confer legitimacy on a government. In the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ the electoral experience varies and tends to reflect not only the socio-political culture of the member state but also its particular electoral system.
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CENTRAL THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY? [30mks] Throughout the history of the conquest and the colonization period in Caribbean history‚ individuals and groups sought freedom from oppression which manifested itself in central themes of Caribbean history: genocide and revolution. These themes were discussed prior to the beginning of the colonization period which dated back to the 1783s‚ the period of the encomienda system to emancipation‚ indentureship and independence in 1962. The system known as the encomienda
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HOW DO THE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE RESPOND TO OPPRESSION? 2. OPPRESSION Oppression is the experience of repeated‚ widespread‚ systemic injustice. It need not be extreme and involve the legal system (as in slavery‚ apartheid‚ or the lack of right to vote) nor violent (as in tyrannical societies). 3. What Really happened Between 1662 and 1807‚ Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic ocean in the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean
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David Answer 6A Caribbean Studies Mrs. Anderson "The history of the Caribbean is the history of exploitation of labour." Discuss with reference to Encomienda‚ Slavery and Indentureship. According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ exploitation is defined as being the action or condition of treating someone or a group of people unfairly in order to benefit from their work‚ also‚ labour refers to work that is done using bodily strength and effort. In a historical sense‚ the Caribbean can be defined as
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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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