The encomienda system
The mita system
The rise of African slavery
The casta system
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Primary sources
The New Laws of 1542
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 1 topics
Unit 1 overview1.1Contextualizing Period 11.2Native American Societies Before European Contact1.3European Exploration in the Americas1.4Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest1.5Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System1.6Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans1.7Causation in Period 1