HOW DID EUROPEANS CHANGE NATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE SO-CALLED

‘NEW WORLD’?

CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE

IDEAS AND VALUES – POLITICAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS

AGRICULTURAL METHODS
NEW CROPS AND ANIMALS – DISRUPTIONS TO NATIVE SOCIETIES

TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION OF WHEEL, IRON, GUNS, SHIPS, TOOLS

ECONOMY
USE OF CURRENCY
PROFIT-MAKING
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES – MINING
TRADE

IDEAS OF POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY

HOW DID IT CHANGE?
VASSALS – SUBJECTS OF THE SPANISH CROWN

SETTLEMENTS  STRATEGIC POINTS IN REGIONS OF DENSE

INDIGENOUS SETTLEMENTS
CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION INTO LARGER TOWNS
ROYAL AUTHORITY IN TOWNS – ACT OF SETTLEMENT A TERRITORY
CONQUISTADOR – ROLE OF GOVERNOR AND/OR CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF
NEWLY CONQUERED TERRITORY

MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION – LOCAL AUTHORITIES

CABILDO – TOWN COUNCIL CREATION – LOCAL AUTHORITIES
ELECTED
LINK TO NEW SETTLEMENTS
NATIVE AUTHORITIES REMAINED IN PLACE IN INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES

PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF TOWNS

CENTRAL SQUARE – PLAZA – STREETS LAYOUT IN GRID FORM
MILITARY CAMPS

RELIGION – LINKED TO POLITICAL AUTHORITY

CHRISTIANITY
CONVERSION OF NATIVE POPULATION

ENCOMIENDA – GRANT, REWARD FOR SERVICE TO THE KING

ACCESS TO LABOR SOURCES