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HIST 109 1st Edition Lecture 3Last Lecture OutlineAfrica and the Americas on the Eve of ConquestI. African-European Relationsa. Catholicism in Africab. African Resistance to DiseaseII. Meso-Americaa. Urban Civilizationsb. Native populations in the New WorldCurrent Lecture OutlineInca System of ExpansionI. Ancestry WorshipII. Kurakas and Ayllus III. Mita Labor Draft SystemThe Colonization of the CaribbeanI. Forced Labor RegimesII. Native American ResistanceIII. Demographic DisasterThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Current Lecture NotesMajor points1. Strong Centralized political Empires such as the Kingdom of Kongo in Africa and resistance to European infectious disease prevented a conquest of Africa.2. Both the Aztec and Inca empires expanded rapidly at the end of the 15th century by war and demanding tribute.Centralized Statea. Constant state of warb. Spain emerges as most powerful country in worldI. Ancestry Worship- son will inherit title and reins of govt. but wealth stays with the government. Each succeeding generation has to acquire new wealth by gaining territory.a. A way of showing worship was extending political kingdomII. Kurakas and Ayllusa. Indirect form. Have to negotiate between Inca capital and newly conquered areas. b. Must ensure tributes are paid to either Inca empire or Spanish laterc. Ayllus (states) are varied in sized. Kurakas make sure ayllus are organized and extract laborIII. Mita Labor Draft Systema. As Inca empire expands they encounter communities. Have to present workers. b. Assessed yearly for the rotational labor draft. Spain uses this laterCARIBBEAN COLONIZATION: From conquest to Colonial ReorganizationMajor Points:1. Spanish colonial policy fundamentally changes Indigenous society through creating coercive labor practices2. Native American resistance acts as a check against Spain’s complete colonization of the entire Caribbean3. Infectious disease results in a demographic decline that results in as much as90% of the indigenous population dying in a generation.I. Infectious Diseasea. Smallpox infection—causes 90% to die. Extreme population loss from 1519-1550I. Early Settlements in the Caribbeana. Establish Gold Mines- Columbus recognizes minerals are there1. Do find some wealth. Santo Domingo, DR first city2. Have Spanish city surrounded by Indigenous populationII. Forced Labor Regimesa. Encomienda: a land grant that makes Spanish come to new world. Indigenous people that live there then work for those Spanish. People tied to land and have to pay tribute to Spaniardwho owns that land. Can be form of goods or labor. Passes from one generation to the next.b. Repartimiento: c. Naboriasd. Restructuring of indigenous society to support Spanish1. Malnutrition 2. Do not have autonomy of existenceIII. Native American Resistancea. Hatuey Rebellion, 15111. Was from DR. Flees the island to Cuba. Alerts indigenous population about Spanish. Rallies them to rise up against Spanish. Burned at the stake. b. Carib Resistance1. Spain and Portugal classify indigenous as “others” and therefore treat them differentlyIV. Demographic Disastera. 1519 Smallpox Epidemic- starts on Hispaniola then spreads. Spain doesn’t lower tribute they demand despite lower amount of people to work because they’re dying off from Smallpox.b. Inter-Caribbean Slave Tradec. Law of Burgosd. Move Beyond the


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