Treaty of Tordesillas
This map shows the division between Spain and Portugal lands in
the newly discovered Americas, in Africa, and in the East. Today
Portuguese is the language of Brazil, while Spanish is spoken in
most of the rest of the continent.
Explorer- columbus and others…
Explorer
Three Most Powerful Systems in
Colonial Latin America
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Social System- Rigid
Class System
Roman Catholic
Church- Top Levels
City Life & Rural Life
(Hacienda Systems)
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Encomendero abusing
a Native America.
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Conquistadores and
officials were granted
“encomiendas,” -gave
them tracts of land and
everyone on it.
In theory, the
encomenderos were
supposed to look after
and protect the people
,but in reality it became
legalized slavery.
These systems become
illegal in early 1500s.
Protector of the Indians
Bartolomé de las Casas spent 50 years of his life actively fighting
slavery and the violent colonial abuse of indigenous peoples. His
efforts help to bring an end to the encomienda systems.
2nd -Hacienda System
(Like small towns)
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Owner was called a
patron and peasant
was a peòn
The peòn lives on
land of the patròn but
owe their labor. Many
live their entire life on
hacienda as well as
their children. (Debt
from borrowed
money)
Wheat mill and theatre.
Hacienda Atequiza, Mexico
Historic coffee plantation
estates in Brazil
Roman Catholic Church
Largest & Wealthiest Property
Owners in Latin America
Colonial Period
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Under Spanish rule, native religion and
culture were severely repressed.
Spanish Missions in the Americas
Spanish Missions help to protect the Native American’s from abuse
and enslavement. They also spread of Christianity to Native
Americans. Jesuit Catholic Religious Outposts
Native Americans, disease, enslavement
and or “indentured servants”
The destruction of whole cultures of Native American’s under
Colonial Rule in Latin America.
City Life for Peninsular &
Creoles
Plaza Mayor, Argentina
Plaza Mayor, Madrid
African Slaves especially in Brazil &
Caribbean
Estimates begin at 3,600,000 African slaves in Brazil
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