HIST 360 Lecture 3: 01-11
13 Apr 2016
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Accounts, logs/manifests, laws/govt proceedings, censuses, photographs, oral histories, judicial/court records, notary records, wills. Course begins when spainish/portugese countries break away from mother countries--1820"s. 100 yrs longer than us was colony of eng. 2x as long as lat amer has been independent. Colonial period was formative, still has effects 2day. Beginning of 1500"s (100 yrs b4 britain/france) spain/portugal come into amer. Indg ppls of lat amer were v diff from those in n amer. Had come from asia v early, by abt 9,000 bc were in southern tip of s. amer. 90% of indg pop of amers was in lat amer. Forms of colonization used by spanish were v diff from those used by brits/french. Mesoamerica--s. mex and guatamala--10 mil pp and highland s. amer--at least 9 mil ppl. Had peasant class, merchant class, warrior class (aztec), specialized priests, noble class. V centralized states ruled by emperors, developed in 1400"s, much more advanced than eur feudalism.
