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Focus: How did the Encomienda system affect the Spanish and the Natives?

Focus: How did the Encomienda system affect the Spanish and the Natives?. Do Now: Answer the multiple choice questions as best as you can. Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Uruguay Venezuela. Argentina Bahamas Barados Belize Bolivia

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Focus: How did the Encomienda system affect the Spanish and the Natives?

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  1. Focus: How did the Encomienda system affect the Spanish and the Natives? Do Now: Answer the multiple choice questions as best as you can.

  2. Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Argentina Bahamas Barados Belize Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador French Guinea Guatemala Guyana

  3. As we read this excerpt… What would support the defense? What would support the prosecution? What should the King and Queen of Spain do in response?

  4. Notes: The Encomienda System • Post-Columbus Caribbean - quest for raw materials - tribute system (GOLD/cotton) - transition to slavery 2. Encomienda System (“anti” slavery) - replaces tribute system - encourages colonization/ownership of Tainos - Indians must be paid “wages”

  5. Encomienda System 3. Columbus and the Encomiendas (1495) - Taino protests are put down by Columbus’ men: - 200 armored soldiers, 20 dogs, 20 mounted soldiers - confront, attack, defeat Tainos - King & Queen call for an investigation - 1500: Columbus removed from power, arrested, though ultimately allowed to return

  6. Engravings by Theodore De Bry 1. What did you observe in the two images? 2. Who were the different groups involved in the images? 3. Why do you think De Bry made these images? 4. Who do you think his audience was? (Who did he want to see the drawings?)

  7. You are: A Spanish conquistador or A Spanish friar (Priest) Create a brief speech explaining the problems in the new land, and what should be done, to give back in Spain. Stay true to your character!

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