Social Hierarchy
What system did the Spaniards use to categorize people within New Spain?
The Castas System
What are missions?
Religious forts often led by the indigenous people
Which system did the Spanish attempt to control labor with first?
The encomienda system
What were the major causes of conflict with Spanish colonization?
disease, harsh labor systems, and indigenous uprisings
How did the Spanish categorize people?
What are missionaries?
Religious leaders who attempted to force conversion of Christianity onto the Inidigenous people.
What agreement was made between the Spanish and the Indigenous people within the Encomienda system?
Indigenous people would provide labor and in return the Spanish would give protection, food and shelter, and teach/convert them to Christianity
What was the name of the leader of the Pueblo people who led a revolt against the Spanish and Franciscans?
Pope
Which category of people were among the elite?
Who were the Conquistadors?
Why did the Encomienda System fail?
Harsh labor, exploitation, and disease led to a major decline in the indigenous population
Who did the Spanish arrest when the Pueblo people refused to convert to Christianity?
Pueblo medicine men
Which two groups were within the lower class, but not enslaved?
Mestizos and Mulattoes
What is a revolt?
A group of people who rebel/attack another group who are oppressing them.
What was the 2nd labor system established?
The repartimiento system
How did Pope communicate with his people prior to the revolt?
he sent messengers with knotted ropes to represent how many days until the revolt.
The Creoles
What is a colony?
A settlement under the control of another country.
What was the goal of the repartimiento system?
More control over the amount of labor indigenous people would work and the conditions.
True or False: The Pueblo revolt was the only indigenous uprising.
false