Topic 1.5 Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System
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conquistadores
adventurous explorers and conquerors of Spain
Hernan Cortes
led the conquests of the Aztecs in Mexico
Francisco Pizarro
led the conquests of the Incas in Peru
encomienda system
system where Spain’s king granted natives who lived on a tract of land to individual Spaniards
natives were forced to farm or work in the mines & their labor went to the Spanish
asiento system
a system which required colonists to pay a tax to the Spanish king on each enslaved person they imported to the Americas
Middle Passage
the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
Spanish caste system
developed in response to the many people with mixed heritage
defined the status of people in the colonies by their heritage:
Top: pure-blooded Spaniards
Middle: several levels of people ordered according to their mixture of European, Native American, or Black heritage
Bottom: Pure Indian or Black heritage