POLC99H3 Lecture : POLC99 lecture2.doc
Document Summary
Location: e. g. hunter and gather societies such as groups in the amazonian rainforest and the mapuche people"s of southern chile. Organization: much more horizontal, based on kingship grouping. Known for successful resistance against spanish colonization (1641 treaty between spain and the mapuche. 30-70 million native peoples prior to conquest in latin america. Divide and conquer: obtain allies from competing native groups. Malinche: an nahua women enslaved by maya and represented to cortez. She acted as his interpreter, adviser and intermediary between the groups. Spanish took over the vertical and centralized power structure in place. Spanish and portuguese had honed their fighting and their tactical skills in the. 3 major legacies: (a) people: indigenous peoples, europeans, africans, europeans, colonial population. Indigenous + african people 95% (b) institution: characteristics: Feudal, medieval, rigid authoritarian political system tied to the catholic. Main political actors: the colonial authorities, landowners and the catholic.
