4.3 PPT

Mestizos

Mulattoes

Creoles

Peninsulares

Mestizo

Mulatto

Peninsulares

Creoles

The fewest people in the population had the greatest power

Africans and Native Americans were politically powerful

The peninsulares made up the majority of the population

Mestizo and mulattoes controlled the most land

to Christianize the indigenous peoples

to force indigenous peoples to work on plantations in harsh conditions

to support Toussaint L'Ouverture

The encomienda system promoted equality of rights between the conquerors and the indigenous people

The encomienda system allowed conquerors to receive indigenous labor in exchange for evangelizing them, facilitating colonization by using the natives to work in mines and plantations.

The encomienda system was abolished immediately after its implementation

The encomienda system allowed indigenous people to govern their own lands without Spanish intervention

Gold

Tobacco

Diamonds

All of the above

They were military leaders

They headed the bureaucracy governing the colony

They were local farmers

They were religious leaders

Captialism

Feudalism

Socialism

Mercantilism