Latin America = Meso and South America. Areas in the Americas
that speak mostly Latin-based languages like Spanish and
Portuguese. Slide 2 European Explorations Glory, God, & Gold
Slide 3 Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers
Conquistadores Missionaries Permanent Settlers Official European
Colony! Slide 4 Slide 5 Three Types of Colonies Differences
resulting from economic basis Slave plantation economies Caribbean,
Brazil, some in southern North America Settler agricultural
economies Northern North America Ranching/mining economies former
Aztec and Inca lands Slide 6 The Colonial Class System
PeninsularesPeninsulares CreolesCreoles
MestizosMestizosMulattosMulattos Native Indians Black Slaves Slide
7 Ethnic Composition in Colonial Latin America (1825) Spanish
AmericaBrazil European18.2%23.4% Mixed-race28.3%17.8%
African11.9%49.8% Native American41.7%9.1% Slide 8 Destination of
Slaves in 1700s British North America6% (348,000) Spanish
America10% (578,600) Caribbean53% (3, 233,700) Brazil31%(1,891,400)
Slide 9 Class/Govt Struc ture Spanish born = most elite Wealthy
colonials = powerful Large, intrusive govt bureaucracy = Council of
the Indies Influences of Africans, Amerindians, and Europe blended
to form new cultures = syncretism! Little female immigration = more
fluid social classes! (b/c European men marry & have children
with Amerindian women) Slide 10 The Influence of the Colonial
Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral Guadalajara Cathedral Our
Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Mission Spanish
Mission Slide 11 Catholic influence = extremely strong Richest
institution in Latin Am. Undercurrents of native religions remained
Slide 12 Father Bartolome de Las Casas New Laws --> 1542
Attempted to stop the exploitation of Indians Slide 13 Potosi
silver mine, Bolivia Encomienda/Mita labor systems used to force
extraction Silver shipped through Spanish Philippines to purchase
Asian luxury goodsSpanish Monarchy tried to stop that practicewhy?
Silver results in inflation in Spain & economic decline in Ming
China, which collected all taxes in silver Slide 14 Silver Peso
Standard World currency Slide 15 Treasures from the Americas! Slide
16 Examples of Native American & Slave Resistance In many
areas, Amerindians secretly kept up their own religious practices
Maya areas were persecuted by the Catholic viceroy after a cave of
their gods was found Incas attempted to preserve the mummies of
their emperors. These also were destroyed Armed rebellions -
Palmares, a small independent state of escaped-slaves
