HIST 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Revolution, Limited Government, Plan Of Iguala
29 Apr 2016
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Captures and ranson- fills room with all gold, kills leader anyway. Clergy vs. encomenderos(people that held grant of land) Bartolom de las casas-land owner from cuba, did not like the way indians treated, became priest, told people they would go to hell. The new laws (1542)- protected indians in many ways, can not be slaves, Christian eduation, they are human, resulted in blacks being slaves, blacks muslims, conflict from mores with. System meant to keep people divided over time from caste to class system long-term consequences of this legacy of division affected jobs, lighter skin- high in system, darker skin lower in system. Spainiards living in americas top of food chain-peninsular"s. Mestizo- half spanish half indian- (bastards) after 1700 it was supported, bedrock of nation. Ind gena- given land but have to work in the mines, have special courts, but have to convert to christianity, can"t be enslaved.
