The Colony in America

2. The Colony
 Is called the period where the Spanish decided stablish
in America. Send for their families and governor the
indians.

3. the natives had
to work and
pay taxes to the
spanish
land, mines and
natural wealth
passed to the
Indians at the
hands of the
Spaniards
Inposition of the
spanish
language and
the catholicism
The governors
were choose
for the
spanish kings
Trade was
controlled by the
Spanish

4. To dominate and administrate
the new world, the spanish
created politic institutions,
some function in spain and
other in America.

5. PLACE NAME FUNCTION
Spain Consejo de Indias Make the laws where
people must fulfill in
the different colonies.
Spain Casa de contratación
de Sevilla
It was encharge of
the contracts and
made the accounts of
the merchancy that
travel between
America and Spain.
America Reales Audiencias. Was the court for that
epoch, the judges had
to hear complaints
from people claiming
to other that not
fulfill the laws

6. PLACE NAME FUNCTION
America Capitanias generales Battalion of soldiers
who were faced with
the rebellious Indians
America Cabildo Composed by the
most important
people and regulate
the social behaviour
America Virrey It was a familiar
Spanish king, who
had the duty to
represent the
monarch in America.
Directed the general

9. ECONOMICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE
COLONY
Trade
It was
developed
between
Spain, Africa
and America.
Agriculture Mining
It was a clue
economical
activity for Spain.
The extracted
precious metals
were sent to
Europe.
It generated a lot
of products for
example potato,
rice, corn etc.

10. ECONOMICAL ISNTITUTIONS
 In order to control the labor of black and
indigenous and to be rich with the resources
of the colonies, the Spanish established the
following institutions in America

11. ECONOMICAL INSTITUTIONS
MITA
ENCOMIENDARESGUARDO
The indigenous were sent
to work heavily in the
mining or in the public
works during some
months, were separated
from their families, many
of them died by the
illness.
Territory where lived
indigenous families,
directed to
encomendero, who
collected a tribute. It
had a churchman that
imposed the religion.
Were allocated
land to the
indigenous to
grow and pay
tribute. They can
choose their
bosses.

12. 1. Write with your own words what is the difference
between conquest and colony?
2. Who was the result from miscegenation?
 3. compare the economic activities in the colony epoch
and actually.
4. Identify in the picture three situations that were
presented in the colony and explain.