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Spanish ColoniesTwo Colonies
New Spain
Peru
What is this in green?
Colonial Government
New World colony was divided into two viceroyalties.
The ruler was a viceroy who directly answered to the king.
Each colony was divided into encomiendas (kind of like states)
Encomienda System
A Spanish person was given land
Land included the Native population (as slaves for farming or mining)
New Spain Class Structure (hierarchy)
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Indian Slaves
Spaniards from Spain
Full blood Spaniard born in New WorldMixed race Spaniard Father/
Indian mother. Few Spanish women came to New world. Men oftentimes married Indian women
1500s
Indian slaves were a major part of the labor force
Treated harshly, often beaten or killed for the smallest infraction
Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish Priest fought for better treatment of Indians
- pass out primary source documents
Spaniards and Aztecs (question#3)
“The New Laws of the Indies” 1542
The Spanish Crown and Catholic Church opposed the enslavement of Native Indians
They did NOT oppose the enslavement of Africans