HIST 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Jesus Movement, Gallows, Pulque
17 Nov 2018
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Travel between areas was difficult due to landscape that made travel difficult. Included cathedral, government palaces, gallows, and marketplaces. Spanish government wanted to create monopoly control, not allowing non-spanish merchants to have access. They did not want any american goods to get out of spain. Created select ports in the americans that were permitted to send products to spain. It cost a lot for non-certified ports to send products over land to an approved port. Big fleets of merchant vessels accompanied by naval vessels, which often times were just merchant vessels with guns. Only could sail during certain times of the year, which antagonized local people with limitations. Important secondary cities where spaniards lived popped up along trade routes, such as quer taro and arequipa. Lots of wealth generated from being a supply line for over- land commerce. Local merchants in each cities, that sold goods manufactured nearby. Pari n building contained luxury shops, selling imported high end goods.
