This document contains information from a 7th grade social studies class. It discusses the social hierarchy and systems of rule implemented in Spanish America, including the encomienda system which created enslaved Native Americans. It also mentions Bartolome de Las Casas, a priest who condemned the harsh treatment of Native Americans and fought for reforms. Students are assigned to create a menu of American foods introduced by Native Americans for homework.

1. Grade 7 Social Studies
Aim: Spanish Rule (p. 54­55)
Do Now: Read pages
54­55.
Then answer:
What groups made up
the class system in
Spanish America?
Bartolome de Las Casa
La Encomienda
Homework: Using cookbooks as references, create an
All­American
dinner menu that features only food
introduced to Europeans by Native Americans. Use
loose­leaf
paper. (due Wednesday)

2. Grade 7 Social Studies
The Spanish
established three
kinds of settlements
in the Americas:
1. Pueblos
2. Missions
3. Presidios

3. Grade 7 Social Studies
The hierarchy of the social classes from upper to lower
included:
1. peninsulares
2. creoles
3. mestizos
4. Native Americans
5. enslaved Africans

4. Grade 7 Social Studies
The Spanish developed
a system of
encomiendas that
created enslaved
Native Americans.
A conquistator could
demand taxes and
labor from the Native
Americans living on the
land.

5. Grade 7 Social Studies
Bartolome de Las Casas,
a priest, condemned this
harsh treatment and
fought against it.
As a result, Spain passed
the New Laws in 1542
that forbade enslaving
Native Americans.

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