SOC023UT7-West Indies

Colonization is the process carried out by colonists after the military conquest

The Crown wanted to acquire land and riches quickly

What was the name given to the tax imposed by the Crown on wealth made on gold and silver mines?

Encomienda

The Laws of Indies were published in 1542

What was established on the Laws of Indies?

What was the consequence for the encomendero if the Laws of Indies were not followed?

Colonial society was characterised by its inequality

The elite of the colonial society was made up by the criollos, which had been born in Europe

What were the mestizos?

Thanks to the colonization, indigenous population knew an increase because their standars of live were improved

Only in isolated areas could the indigenous population kept their languages, beliefs and ways of life

Mita was the working system most commonly used in mines