The document discusses several labor systems used in colonial Spanish America: 1) The encomienda system granted authority over indigenous populations to provide labor and goods in exchange for Christianization. 2) The mit'a system in the Andes was based on communal obligations to work for rulers and religious groups. 3) Indentured servitude involved unfree laborers working under contract for a set time without pay for essentials and passage to a new country.

1. New World Labor Systems

2. Encomienda A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians.

3. Mit’a Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations.

4. Indentured Servatude An indentured servant is an unfree laborer under contract to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person or a company/corporation, often without any monetary pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials, training, or passage to a new country.

5. Assignment Questions In addition to the Labor Systems Chart…

6. What was the encomienda system? How did it work? 2. How did this new Spanish Empire created in the Americas continue the traditions of the older Reconquista? How did they organize their vast empire?

7. 3. Describe the various social classes that emerged in colonial Spanish America? 4. What role did Bartolomé de Las Casas play in colonial Spanish America?

8. 5. What were the results for Europe, the Americas, and Africa of the "Columbian Exchange"? 6. Compare and contrast how the Spanish and Portuguese exploited their respective overseas empires. [include motives, the economic impact on each country, and their relations with the native populations.

9. 7. Identify the impacts of European expansion on both the conquerors and those that they conquered.

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