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02-Colonial Approaches
02-Colonial Approaches
Spain
France
England
The Spanish Colonies
in America
A World Transformed
• Native Americans were eager for
European trade; they were not initially
victims of Spanish exploration
• They became dependent on and indebted
to Europeans
• Disease decimated perhaps 95% of
Native American population
The SpanishSpanish Conquests
used the encomienda & to
system
create large cashColonies
crop plantations using
Native American
Spanish & African
missionaries slave labor
focused
heavily on converting Native
Americans & establishing missions
From Plunder to Settlement