Spanish Lands By: Kamila Ignacik, Natalia Biedron,

Madison Milka, Sandra Dybala

Colonization

● Mexico● New Mexico● Florida● Occupy + settle any islands not already under control● Wealth/riches● More land● Renaissance● Reconquista

Immigration to the Colony

● Mostly men● 10% of immigrants were women● Gold● Supported immigration

Culture

● Monarchs ● Roman Catholics ● Reconquista ● Christianity common bond that held spaniards together● Spanish Inquisition ● Attempt to convert Indians to Catholicism

Social ● Encomienda ● Social class and hierarchy ● Upper- Spaniards, Middle- racial mixing &

europeans, Lower- Africans and Indians ● Male colonists married Indian or African women

Native Americans

● Encomienda ● Viewed them as a form of labor and wanted

to convert them to one true religion ● Frontier of inclusion ● Frontier of exclusion

Economy● Based on exploitation ● Controlled the lives and labor of Indian and African workers.● Converting Indians into subjects● Agricultural● Horses used by the Spanish to tend their cattle ● Constructed the worlds most powerful empire ● Tobacco ● Sugar, rice, and coffee

Political Structure

● Monarchy● Empire● Chosen by wealth and blood● Caste system● Strong, Organized