FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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A large population loss of indigenous Americans meant there was not enough people to complete the work needed to build ‘New Spain’
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They wanted to mix cultures
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The Spanish wanted to transport the African population to America
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The Aztecs were too aggressive and African slaves were easier to obtain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ivory, gold and other trade resources attracted Europeans to West Africa. As demand for cheap labour to work on plantations in the Americas grew, people enslaved in West Africa became the most valuable ‘commodity’ for European traders.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the Spanish often depended on others to obtain enslaved Africans and transport them across the Atlantic, the Spanish Empire was a major recipient of enslaved Africans, with around 22% of the Africans delivered to American shores ending up in the Spanish Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The majority of those sold into slavery were destined to work on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas, where huge areas of the American continent had been colonized by European countries. These plantations produced products such as sugar or tobacco, meant for consumption back in Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -To meet the mounting demand for labor in mining and agriculture, the Spanish began to exploit a new labor force: slaves from western Africa. Slavery was a familiar institution to many sixteenth-century Europeans.