SOC023UT7-West Indies

Question	Answer
Colonization is the process carried out by colonists after the military conquest	True
The Crown wanted to acquire land and riches quickly	False
What was the name given to the tax imposed by the Crown on wealth made on gold and silver mines?	The Royal Fifth
Encomienda	Organization system used to cultivate the lands in the Americas. The territory was divides in plots of land,given to an encomendero together with the group of indigenous to work on them.
The Laws of Indies were published in 1542	True
What was established on the Laws of Indies?	Enslaving the natives was prohibited since they were considered subjects of Castile
What was the consequence for the encomendero if the Laws of Indies were not followed?	The loss of the property
Colonial society was characterised by its inequality	True
The elite of the colonial society was made up by the criollos, which had been born in Europe	False
What were the mestizos?	Descendants of combined European and indigenous population
Thanks to the colonization, indigenous population knew an increase because their standars of live were improved	False
Only in isolated areas could the indigenous population kept their languages, beliefs and ways of life	True
Mita was the working system most commonly used in mines	True

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