WLC 310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inca Empire, Hacienda, Social Stratification
27 Jul 2018
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Church"s emphasis on divide between christians & non-christians emphasized ethnic differences into a hierarchy. Pureza de sangre: purity of blood, non-christian blood. Mixed blood people considered troublemakers, immoral & inferior. Criollos: nouveau-riche spaniards, direct descendants of the original. Product of rape of indigenous women by spanish conquistadors settled in the land. Thinking of the french revolution became the basis for la independence movements. Tiny elite of criollos had access to smuggled books from france or. Radicalized pro-independence criollos spread the ideals through liberal newspapers. Reduced to slavery by settlers eager to enrich themselves with gold deposits. Amerindian communities paid tribute in goods to their spanish encomendero (trustee of tribute) who would sell the products in the local market. Would also work in the hacienda agricultural fields. Encomienda communities had to work in the mines working in a rotating system called mita. Granted a small group of people great prestige & power.
