ECON 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Casta, Kachina, Diego De Vargas
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Demand for slaves to work the land in the new world increased, as natives continued to die off en masse due to disease, incl. smallpox, typhus, diphtheria, bubonic plague. 1519: hernan cortes led spanish conquistadors* into the aztec capital. Once captured, tenochtitlan was renamed mexico city. Spanish jurisdiction over the territory. hidalgos : spanish gentry that led the expeditions encomienda : tribute that the conquered natives paid to the spanish conquerors in the form of forced labor and produce. 2. to expand the church of the christian god to extend the realm of the spanish monarch. 1540s: conquistadors are replaced by the crown w/ a bureaucracy of lawyers and clerics divided the americas into two regions called viceroyalties. New spain: mexico, central america, caribbean islands. New spain & peru were mineral-rich (in gold and silver) The pueblos sought protection from european diseases by worshipping their god.
