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How did European colonization lead to Latin America's modern cultural…
How did European colonization lead to Latin America's modern cultural features?
South America
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Received most number of slaves
Brazil
Colonized by Portugal for its agricultural abilities
Slave labor and the abundant natural resources made Portuguese very wealthy.
Gained independence from Portugal in 1822
Slave trade ended in 1850 but slavery continued until it was abolished in 1888
Became home to many African slaves working on plantations
5 million slaves imported from Africa to Brazil
Pedro Alvares Cabrel first found it navigating
Central America
Mexico
Herman cortes brough horses and European Armor to the Aztecs.
Pizzaro defeated the Incas
Spanish colinization
Most common culture was catholic due to spanish rule
Earned their independence from France in 1794
Systems used in Central America
Repartimiento de Labor would have natives work in mines / plantations. Although it was basically slavery.
Encomienda System is when they would protect them, but the spaniards would be allowed to use them for labor.
Hacienda system is where they payed their labor, but they paid so little that they never escaped the system.
80-95% of indigenous people were killed due to European Disease.
12.5 Million enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas.
Latin America
Most common religion is catholicism because the Spanish brought it over.
The Inter Caetera divided the Americas to Spain and the rest to Portugal. Pope Alexander the VI made this and did it to spread Catholicism.
Ethnicity
Most common ethnicities are Europeans, Africans, and Mestizos
First discovered by Columbus who sailed from Spain
He was searching for a new route to the Orient for trading
Colonized for their abundant resources
Europe used these to get rich
Colonization caused many internal rebellions
These systems and events caused for Latin America'd modern cultural features