1. SPAIN IN AMERICA

2. 1492 Columbus discovers the Americas for Spain Spain drives the Moors out of their country. CONQUISTADORS – horse warriors. They then come to conquer The Americas!

4. Settlements --- Pueblos

5. Missions

6. Presidios – forts (usually by mission)

7. Spanish American Society Own the land and control the Government. Working class – soldiers, Blacksmiths, bakers etc... Worked on plantations and In gold and silver mines.

9. AFRICANS COME TO AMERICA Catholic priests disliked the Treatment of the Native Am They fought to get Spain to pass laws to protect them and encouraged the gov’t to use African slaves on plantations and in the mines because they could handle the work more easily.

10. THE GREAT CONVERGENCE THE BRINGING TOGETHER OF NATIVE AM.S, EUROPEANS, AND AFRICANS ONTO ONE CONTINENT. THIS INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE AND HISTORY IN THE NEW WORLD.