HIST 2055 Lecture : History Lectures
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Lecture 2: the expansion of europe: europe in 1491. Characteristics of spanish colonialism (4: it is harsh- whoever gets in the way they don"t bother killing them, encomienda- reward loyal service; becomes a system of slavery of the natives. Mine for gold, mine for silver, work in the field for food: expansioness, higher archival system- the whites took power>creole> mestizos, Indians: spanish empire is very bureaucratic and ruled from madrid, looking for gold, and silver. Europeans disrupted the culture and the religion of the. Indians, by changing them into something they really aren"t. This eventually changes the views of the native americans, and the europeans take over. Long-term patterns of interaction (2: conflict-is most advertised, punished indians with crossing land, Lecture 3: overview of british empire & the chesapeake colonies. England empire had a lot of excess people. Peasants- ran around causing trouble and had no job.
