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I almost cried reading this text. How on earth people come to your country force you to do things that only benefit them and when you refused you are killed. I think the Indians faced horrific times during this era. They became slaves in their own soil and were subjected to forced labor. I do not how come the US come to be the super power bearing in mind of the Spanish conquered and ruled the world at their will. How did Spain use land and Indian leaders to exert their power?

Explain what an encomienda was. Upon conquering the land and the Aztec Empire, the Spaniards used the land to cultivate crops. The Indian leaders such as the Tlaxacans were given land that originally belonged to the Aztec Empire and the Spaniards also gave the Indian leaders who were their allies the power to govern those regions. Encomienda was a system that was established by the Spaniards to regulate and control the Indian labor and behavior when they were colonizing them. Explain the debate on Indian slavery and who its advocates were. The Spanish crown established Burgos laws, putting in place rules and laws to govern the Indians. These laws pronounced that Indians like widows, orphans and the inferior be Christianized and protected. The law legalized that Indians be affirmed wards of the church and crown. Several clergy opposed the those laws pointing out that they were legitimate systems of enslaving Indians and taking away their properties. Among the advocates of the Indian slavery was Gines de Sepulveda. He wrote a number of inflammatory materials demonizing the Indians. He claimed that Indians were savages that lacked souls. On the other side, Father Francisco de Vitoria opposed Sepulveda’s demonization of the Indians. He went further to persuade the crown and the Catholic Church to classify Indians as human beings and should bestow upon them the legal rights of humanity. These rights entailed the right to not be a slave, the right to marry a person of their choice, right to being Christianized, the right to own property and the right to live in towns and villages.

3.) Explain Spain’s policies of intermarriage and what their purpose was. The intermarriage was an important public testimonial to comfort communities that they were safe in the course of political transitions. The intermarriage worked as a peaceful and an effective method to ensure that the Spanish maintained controlled the natives. It was also a significant practice deployed to coagulate alliances, working as a public testimonial of the trustworthiness of the Spaniards. 4.) Answer the following questions about African slavery under Spanish colonization: -What were the time periods of the slave trade in Mexico? – The time periods of

3.) Explain Spain’s policies of intermarriage and what their purpose was. The intermarriage was an important public testimonial to comfort communities that they were safe in the course of political transitions. The intermarriage worked as a peaceful and an effective method to ensure that the Spanish maintained controlled the natives. It was also a significant practice deployed to coagulate alliances, working as a public testimonial of the trustworthiness of the Spaniards. 4.) Answer the following questions about African slavery under Spanish colonization: -What were the time periods of the slave trade in Mexico? – The time periods of slave in Mexico was between 1527 and 1738. What was the total number of people of African descent and what were the areas in Mexico where they were concentrated? There were about 150,000 to 200,000 African slaves and they were concentrated around Veracruz region. -What rights did African slaves have (different than what would later develop in the U.S.) and who advocated for them? The African slaves were given the right to choose their spouses and slave masters. The children of African slaves and Indian women were also pronounced free and were accorded the right to live with their mothers.

4.) Answer the following questions about African slavery under Spanish colonization: -What were the time periods of the slave trade in Mexico? – The time periods of slave in Mexico was between 1527 and 1738. What was the total number of people of African descent and what were the areas in Mexico where they were concentrated? There were about 150,000 to 200,000 African slaves and they were concentrated around Veracruz region. -What rights did African slaves have (different than what would later develop in the U.S.) and who advocated for them? The African slaves were given the right to choose their spouses and slave masters. The children of African slaves and Indian women were also pronounced free and were accorded the right to live with their mothers.

The time periods of slave in Mexico was between 1527 and 1738. What was the total number of people of African descent and what were the areas in Mexico where they were concentrated? There were about 150,000 to 200,000 African slaves and they were concentrated around Veracruz region. -What rights did African slaves have (different than what would later develop in the U.S.) and who advocated for them? The African slaves were given the right to choose their spouses and slave masters. The children of African slaves and Indian women were also pronounced free and were accorded the right to live with their mothers.

5.) Name each level of the racial hierarchy Spain established and the rights each group enjoyed or was denied.

The racial hierarchy that the Spain established was referred to as the casta system. In this system the Spaniards comprised on the peninsulares (people of complete European descent and were born in Spain) and the Criollos (people who were also of complete European origin however were born in the New World). Indios/Indias were persons of pure Indian Ancestry. It was illegal to enslave Indians, but Indians could be forced to work on government projects, such as roads, forts and churches, such work being viewed as a form of taxation. Mestizos/Mestizas had one Spanish and one Indian parent. The term implied illegitimacy in the early days of the Spanish conquest, but mixed-race children of subsequent generations who were born in wedlock were generally assigned either Indian or Spanish identity (i.e., indio or Criollo), depending upon which culture they were raised in.

The racial hierarchy that the Spain established was referred to as the casta system. In this system the Spaniards comprised on the peninsulares (people of complete European descent and were born in Spain) and the Criollos (people who were also of complete European origin however were born in the New World). Indios/Indias were persons of pure Indian Ancestry. It was illegal to enslave Indians, but Indians could be forced to work on government projects, such as roads, forts and churches, such work being viewed as a form of taxation. Mestizos/Mestizas had one Spanish and one Indian parent. The term implied illegitimacy in the early days of the Spanish conquest, but mixed-race children of subsequent generations who were born in wedlock were generally assigned either Indian or Spanish identity (i.e., indio or Criollo), depending upon which culture they were raised in.