Spanish American Culture 1600 Summary

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• 1492 – c. 1570/1600: main admin & economy set
• 1570 – c. 1700: definite colonial org. & societies
• 18th century: empower colonial relationship & start revolt & unhappiness
• Era of Conquest: human destruction & creation; Mexico & Peru = many sedentary people  bring Spaniards there & became main focus

• Spain = model; 1493: colony @ Santo Domingo (Hispaniola)  Puerto Rico @ 1508 & Cuba @ 1511; @ Panama & N coast of S America
• Taino Indians @ Caribbean = agr.  enough for encomienda
• Searching for gold, slaving, & European diseases strip & depopulate islands – little left for Spaniards
• Strong ports, like Havana, San Juan, & Santo Domingo, help Spaniards commercially; sugar & slaves revive Caribbean
• Iberian-styled cities to help Spaniards adjust to America; hurricanes & Indians  abandon/relocate towns; cities w/ grid-like foundation (unlike Europe); used Roman models
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Bartolomé de las Casas (conquistador  priest); started justice fight
• Bartering w/ Indians replaced by more royal control & making sugar plantation economy  Indian resistance/depop.  import African

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