Social Studies Chapter 4 Lesson 3
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Social Studies Chapter 4 Lesson 3
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Hernando de Soto
He and about 700 men travel through modern-day Georgia looking for Confitachiqui, a rich city
They meet a young Native American woman who they call, "the Lady of Cofitachiqui" and asks about the pearls she has
The young woman takes them to a building with more pearls
The soldiers demand that she help them find gold
The young woman escapes
Story told by a member of the expedition
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The Search for Gold
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Search for Gold
- One story was about the rich kingdom of Cibola, located far north of Mexico
- Esteban was an African sailor who had been enslaved
- He became the personal slave for conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca in 1528 and traveled most of the SW region of United States
- They never found the kingdom
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Society in New Spain
Society : a group of people forming a community
Plantations: large farms with MANY workers
Encomienda: grants
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Society in New Spain
Peninsulares : people who were born in Spain
Creoles : people with Spanish background who were born in the Americas
Mestizos : person with native and Spanish background
Mulatto : person with African and Spanish background
Native Americans and Africans held the lowest position in society
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Mission : a religious settlement where missionaries live and work.
Its purpose was to teach native peoples about Christianity
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More Changes for Native Peoples
Native peoples had to work without pay and did not always have enough to eat
They could be beaten and forced to work long hours
Missions were one type of encomiendas that were run by Roman Catholic missionaries
native peoples had to give up their traditional ways of life and become Christians
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Bartolome de Las Casas spoke out against the mistreatment of native peoples under the care of the church
Persuaded Spain to pass laws in 1542 saying native peoples must be paid for their work (were never enforced and later rescinded.
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Slavery in the Americas
The Spanish first brought enslaved Africans to Hispaniola in 1512
Enslaved Africans replaced native peoples, who were dying in large numbers from disease and overwork
Las Casas first supported bringing Africans to New Spain - then wrote they should not be enslaved
Enslavement became an important part of the Spanish colonial economy
By 1574 = 12,000 enslaved Africans
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