First of all‚ Europeans craved to increase their funds of gold and silver. American gold used for decoration churches‚ buildings and palaces; thanks to the American gold Europe had baroque. However‚ using silver was more wide and deep. Silver mines of Potosi irretrievably changed the economic system of Europe. Europe never before had such a many silver coins in circulation‚ production increased and people could buy more goods‚ and began to accumulate their own capital. Silver has become more practical;
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Jennifer Lopera 04/19/2013 HIST100-970 Western Expansion: Texas and the War with Mexico In the mid-nineteenth century‚ the United States found expansion necessary. Many factors necessitated the increase the countries size. The population of this young country grew from five million to almost twenty-three million‚ and by 1850 almost four million people had migrated westward. Two economic depressions‚ one in 1818 and another in 1839‚ further provoked migration‚ leaving the nation searching for
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cities so as to not violate any Spanish laws. The encomienda system was popular during this time. Encomiendas were the rights to demand taxes or labor from the Indians of the land. Encomiendas were used to make the Indians work (such us in mines - Potosi Mine in Peru - or mills in Mexico City) even when they were in danger of
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time‚ which would give the laborers wages for their mandatory tribute‚ or other taxes. a. The system differed regionally; central México used it for agriculture; Peru‚ mining‚ etc. 2. An important example of the system was in the South Andes at the Potosí mines‚ where more than 13‚000 indigenous peoples were drafted. a. “The historical labor burden of the Andean communities‚ a system that began as reciprocal obligations within the ayllu‚ had become the forced transfer of wealth from poor Indians to
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I. Chapter 17: The diversity of American colonial societies 1530-1770 18th century Choctow leader red shoes befriended French in Mississippi valley(traded deerskins for guns)became rich but English cut off French shipping so he made an alliance with the English so was murdered by French resulted in 1747 civil war of the Choctow and killed colonist and Chocktows 1.Wars‚epidemics‚and territorial loss but also adapted technology and politics but in the end were dominated 2.political and economic
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Social 1. 1503 – The Encomienda was a system that allowed the Spanish to use forced labor. This allowed the Spain to grow rapidly and eventually led to the slave trade in America 2. Hidalgos were Spanish minor nobles who sought adventure and wealth in the New World. They allowed the Spanish settlements in America to grow and inspired others to travel to the New World 3. Peninsulares were Spanish born settlers living in the New World at the summit of the Colonial class system. They were favored by
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4. The Causes of Major Revolutions: Latin American Revolutions: 1. People from all classes are discontented. Mexico had political and economic stability‚ but at expense of farmers and laborers (only select few had wealth). 2. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society‚ religion‚ the economy‚ or government. Since 1876‚ President Porfirio Díaz/the dictatorship severely restricted the prospects of Mexico’s middle classes for political and economic advancement
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The Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was the culmination of a mass of political‚ economic‚ and social tension that accompanied the regime of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. The Revolution began with the aims to overthrow Diaz‚ but the Revolution had a pronounced effect on the organization of Mexico’s government‚ economy‚ and society. Porfirio Diaz was the president of Mexico when the Revolution broke out. He was elected in 1877‚ and although he swore to step down in 1880‚ he continued
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the southern regions of Seville and Andalucía‚ Spain. When Europe began colonizing the Americas‚ both dialects were carried over into the Latin American regions. Castilian was integrated in large cities and administrative areas such as Mexico City‚ Potosí‚ and Lima‚ while Andalusian was adopted in rural areas that were out of the reach of Castilian influence such as Argentina and areas of central America (www.alsintl.com). The Mexican Spanish that exists today‚ however‚ has strayed
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Heather Coffey HIST 3401W December 18th‚ 2012 Socioeconomic Structures and History in Spanish and Portuguese America from the Conquest until Post Colonial Period Throughout the entire history of Portuguese and Spanish occupation of the Americas there were evolving hierarchies‚ labor regimes‚ gender relations‚ sources of wealth‚ regions of wealth‚ trade routes‚ uprisings‚ economic hard times and high times‚ etc. A very prominent source behind this constant ebb and flow of the history of Portuguese
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