Augustine for the Spanish crown, naming the land Pascua Florida (Feast of Flowers, or Easter) for the nearest feast day. In 1513, Juan Ponce de León had claimed the area around today’s St. Spain gained a foothold in present-day Florida, viewing that area and the lands to the north as a logical extension of their Caribbean empire. Le Moyne lived at Fort Caroline, the French outpost, before the Spanish destroyed the colony in 1562. In this drawing by French artist Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, Timucua flee the Spanish settlers, who arrive by ship. It was eventually replaced by another colonial labor system, the repartimiento, which required Indian towns to supply a pool of labor for Spanish overlords. In reality, the encomienda system exploited native workers. Under this system, authorities assigned Indian workers to mine and plantation owners with the understanding that the recipients would defend the colony and teach the workers the tenets of Christianity. The Spanish imposed the encomienda system in the areas they controlled. The world native peoples had known before the coming of the Spanish was further upset by Spanish colonial practices. European diseases killed far more native inhabitants than did Spanish swords. Everywhere the Spanish settled, they brought devastating diseases, such as smallpox, that led to a horrific loss of life among native peoples. Both Africans and native peoples, however, contested Spanish claims to dominance. In all matters, the Spanish held themselves to be atop the social pyramid, with native peoples and Africans beneath them. Patriarchy (the rule of men over family, society, and government) shaped the Spanish colonial world. In their vision of colonial society, everyone would know his or her place. The Spanish dreamed of mountains of gold and silver and imagined converting thousands of eager Indians to Catholicism. Discuss economic, political, and demographic similarities and differences between the Spanish coloniesĭuring the 1500s, Spain expanded its colonial empire to the Philippines in the Far East and to areas in the Americas that later became the United States.Identify the main Spanish American colonial settlements of the 1500s and 1600s.By the end of this section, you will be able to:
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