1. Impact of Spanish Colonization
What were the consequences of the interaction between cultures from the “old world” and the “new world”

2. Spanish Colonial Society
Mestizos – people with one Spanish and one Native American parent
Peninsulares - People born in Spain; they were landowners, government leaders, and church leaders in New Spain
Creoles – People born in New Spain whose both parents were Spanish.
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Native Americans/
African slaves

3. Spanish Priests in New Spain
Spanish priests were sent to the Americas to convert Native Americans to Christianity
They created missions that housed Native Americans and teach them a more European lifestyle

4. Conquistadors and Native Americans
Conquistadors - soldiers sent to explore and conquer new lands
better weapons and animals never seen by Natives
Natives had no immunity to European diseases
Conquistadors had the right to demand taxes and labor from Native Americans.
This forced many Native Americans into a form of slavery

5. Native Americans and the Economy of New Spain
Native Americans were used as labor in mines to dig for silver and other precious metals.
They were also put enslaved on plantations growing sugar cane and tobacco

6. Columbian Exchange
Exchange of plants, animals, diseases and culture between the “old world” (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the “new world” (North and South America)
European diseases played a major role in the death of thousands of Native Americans

7. Columbian Exchange

9. Effects of European exploration

10. Effects of Early Colonization
Destruction of Native American Empires
Aztecs in Mexico; Incas in Peru
The Columbian Exchange
Exchange of plants, animals, diseases and culture between the “old world” (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the “new world” (North and South America
European Colonies established in Americas
Spain – Mexico, Central America, South America
Portugal – Brazil
England – Atlantic Coast of North America
France – Central North America (“Louisiana”)
Netherlands – Atlantic Coast of North America
Slavery
Native Americans and Africans

11. Effects on Native Americans
Death by disease and wars with Spanish
Loss of freedom and culture
Slavery
Native Americans serve as labor on plantations until African slavery takes over

12. European Exploration of the Americas
Thinking Map
Cause and Effect
European Exploration of the Americas

13. Impact of Spanish Colonization
Positive
Negative