WOH-1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tokugawa Shogunate, Spanish Main, Big Business
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The spanish had the oldest and largest empire > lead to demographic changes where the native americans did the majority of work. While their was some social strati cation based upon ethnicity, there was a great deal of cultural exchange. The man (european) to women (native) population was 7 to 1; this allowed a new demographic to arise due to inter-mingling. Not slaves but were forced to work for the spanish colonies. This allowed the native americans to integrate themselves into the mestizo population to gain more freedoms and respect. People of african descent were the most discriminated against in. Most likely population to be subjugated to slavery. 80% of slaves brought to the americas would be brought to brazil or the. Sugar was a hot commodity for trade big business that needed to be done large scale to be economically viable. The climate in the americas was ideal for growing sugar cane.
