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The Age of Discovery arguably began in the early 15th century, a combination of circumstances stimulated men to seek new routes, and it was new routes rather than new lands that filled the minds of kings and commoners, scholars and seamen -
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. -
When Colombus arrived to the the Bahamas he looked for slavery, wealth, gold, and converts for christianity.This acts caused the dead of 95% of the native people. -
Latin America came to fruition after European “discovery” of the New World. Countries such as Spain, France and Portugal colonized the region. Although most of Latin America was colonized by Spain, the countries of Portugal and France also had major influences on the region. -
New social classes were established and new multiethnic groups formed:
-Peninsulares
-Creolos
-Mestizos
-Mulotaoes
-Indios
-Africans -
The colonies were ruled by a viceroy in absence of the monarch -
In the colonization of Latin America there were added two economic systems the "Encomienda" and "Mita". The "Encomienda" consisted that the Native Americans had to work and pay a tribute to Spanish landowners, this ones were expected to protect and instruct the workers but in truth this was the opposite. And the "Mita" consisted that Spanish authorities could draft in Native Americans to work in mines in Peru. -
Between 1500 and 1600 the principal work was the mining because Latin America was full of minerals such as: gold, copper, silver, etc. So the minering was the mos important work that the New Spain had , and the only ones that get advantage of this were the Spaniards. -
By te pass of the years the Native Americans were getting tired of the Spanish government so near the 1800s to 1830s Latin Ameicans get rid of the spaniards ending the period of the Colonization