Chapter 17 Lesson 3

mestizos

European + Native American

mulatto

European + African(black)

peninsulares

people born in Spain or Portugal but living in the Americas

creoles

descendants of Europeans (mostly Spanish and Portuguese) or African descent but born in and living in the Americas

mita

labor system that allowed Spanish administrators to draft laborers in Peru

encomienda

labor system used by the Spanish in which Spanish landowners living in the Americas had the right to use Native Americans as laborers

viceroys

(governor-general) - leader who governed the colony for the monarch

Why was encomienda a failure?

It did not look into the fair treatment of Native Americans.  They were seen as items, not persons.

What was the social class list of colonial Latin America from highest to lowest?

Peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, Native Americans, slaves

How did Catholic missionaries aid European powers in controlling the lives of Native Americans?

They brought them into villages and tried to convert them - taught them trades, had them grow crops.

Bartolome de las Casas

 Catholic priest who spoke out against the use of the encomienda