Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonies 🇪🇸
Today's class was led by a guest teacher.
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Learning Targets
- Explain how the growth of the Spanish Empire in North America shaped the development of social and economic structures over time
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What We Did
- Explored the encomienda system implemented in the Spanish-held territories of the New World
- Analyzed the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade by the Spanish
- Inspected the hierarchy of the caste system employed by the Spanish in the Americas
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Resources
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Corresponding Reading
- Chapter 3, The American Yawp
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Homework
- Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025
