Spanish Colonialism Flashcards
4 major events of 1492
expulsion of Moors from Grenada, Jews from peninsula, Christopher Columbus’ expedition, Nebrija’s book of Grammer
Effects/reasons for Expulsion of the Jews
after moors expelled the Catholic monarchs wanted to unify the peninsula, Bank of Barcelona went bankrupt, Jews were core of merchant class
La Celestina
Fernando Rojas story showing blind fate leading everyone to disastrous end
Reasons for Columbus’ expedition
stated: bring wealth to Spain which was broke after reconquest of Granada,
Actual: probably wanted to emulate Marco Polo, his hero
Opposing views of Columbus’ voyage
discovery V encounter:
discovery says it should be celebrated
Encounter says it should be mourned
Invention of America
written by mexican author Edmundo O’Gorman, argues if America was discovered then recognize value of pre columbian america
America in Europe
written by Arciniegas; argues New world wasn’t changed by Europe but vice versa
Die de la Raza
day of the races, Columbus day in South America
Malinche
mistress of Cortes, worked willingly, used words as weapons to Cortes, spoke nahuatl and mayan
Requerimiento
document giving spanish power to enslave Natives unless they became Christian, must be read, often to natives w/o translator
El Dorado
city of Gold, legendary, sought by Sir Walter Raleigh
Treaty of Tordesillas
divided latin American terr. between Portugal and Spain
Premonitions of Montezuma
had visions Quetzalcoatl would return, Mont. dismissed servants military, swept the floor of the temple
Hernan Cortes
son of soldier who fought against moors, took La Malinche as lover/translator, sank ships so soldiers couldn’t mutiny
La Noche Trieste
battle where Aztecs temporarily drove Spanish out of Tenochtitlan
Chilam Balam
book of prophetic priest of same name fortelling end of the 5th sun
Actions of Moctezuma
sent 20 women to Cortes, believed Aztecs were fated to lose continually submitted to Spanish, stoned to death by his own people
Invasion of the Incas
Pizarro sailed to Ecuador, then into Peru by land, captured Atahualpa for room full of gold, melted the gold and killed Atahualpa (1533)
visions of the Incan Invasion
Inca Huayna Capac prophecized men with beards would destory the Inca as messengers of Viracocha
Manco Inca Yupanqui
Incan leader leader of the resistance to Spanish, he was killed but his son Tupac Amaru continued to fight, was eventually captured and beheaded
Antonio De Montesinos
dominican friar protested the treatment of natives
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
argued that Natives were not human so Spain had a right to conquer and enslave them
political ramifications for Cortes
Spanish crown wanted to unify, didn’t want feudalism brought a trial to Cortes accused of stealing, stripped of $$ and power
Gonzalo Jiminez de Queseda
conquered the Chibcha natives of Colombia
Encomienda system
land was given to conquistadores with native slaves, in xchange spanish had to christianize natives
Lope de Aguirre
joined an expedition to look for El Dorado, killed the leader tried to make his own kingdom seperate from Spain at the mouth of the Amazon
Arrivistes
climbers of the social hierarchy
Bartolome de las Casas
slave holder in Cuba, renounced slavery took abolitionism, opposed encomienda system
Laws of the Indies
described as spiderwebs, catch the small let the big go free
Francisco de Vitoria
jesuit teacher: if natives invaded spain, would it be ok to treat the spanish like natives. Created the Jus Gentium, rights of the people
Vasco de Quiroga
Franciscan bishop tried to implement Utopia in new world, set up system for Tarascan Natives communal everything, called Tata Vasco
Hacienda
sucessor to encomienda system, large land like sharecropping
Corregidor
tax collector, magistrate worked with property owners to maintain monopoly