Impact of Colonisation
Slave Trade 
Economy
Spanish System
Changes in Clothing
Architecture and Town Planning
Commemoration & Controversy
Plantations
Religion and Language
12.5 million slaves were taken from Africa
1.8 million died on the journey
Portugal controlled the Atlantic slave trade
Up to 150 slaves on each
High death rate meant a lot of slaves
Many large plantations in the West Indies
Encomienda system forcing natives to work land
Created a rich-poor divide
Haciendas - large estates
Marriages between people from cultures & countries
Catholicism spread
Spanish and Portuguese took over as languages
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