HIST 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Repartimiento, Encomienda, Quipu
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Fundici n melting down y repartimiento dividing up of ransom of the inca ruler atawallpa. Soldiers who fought against him got parts of his kingdom and items. Columbus eventually made it to the actual continent, but lost his governorship and primacy as an explorer. Everyone else had beat him to all his goals. A full generation passed between columbus" first voyages and the exploration of mexican coastline. Due to large caribbean island native decrease, After 1512, spaniards hoped to conquer wealthy kingdoms in the name of their king. Transform them into tribute-paying, christianized colonies of spain. Changes made in carribean and other lands in the form of encomienda, the allocation of native labor and tribute. As well as congregaci n, the resettlement of native peoples into concentrated towns. Spaniards expected to impose these on whatever new native societies they found in the mainland. After 1570, attempted the same model in the.