2 ene 1494 año - Treaty of Tordesillas

Descripción:

Portugal gets control over African coast, Indian Ocean, Brazil (the East) & Spain gets the rest of the Americas (the West)
--> heavy exploitation of Africans (slaves) on sugar islands
--> as NA die out/Encomienda ends, African slaves start replacing them in the new world
--> Euro, partners with West African kings to sell slaves (increases a tribe's economy and 'ranking')
--> Spanish Establish Caste System
1. Peninsulares (Euro. born)
2. New Spain. born Euro.
3. Mestizos (Spanish/NA)
4. Mulottos (Spanish/African)
5. Native
6. Africans

Bartalome de las Casas VS. Jaun de Sulpaveda
- Casas: NA=People, Encomienda must end -- big catholic influence, supported conversion still
- Sulpaveda: NA<People, NA are "natural slaves", Catholic duty for spain to civilize NA
- Casas wins, encomienda is limited