Transcript The Spanish Colonies - Ms. Schoettlin' s 5th Grade Social

The Spanish Colonies
Chapter 4, Lesson 1, pg. 148-152
New Spain
Competing Claims
1. Many European countries
claimed the same land.
2. Native Americans already
lived on the lands claimed by
Europeans.
3. The groups often ignored
New Spain (cont.)
1.
2.
3.
Spain learned claiming
land was not the same
as controlling it.
To protect its claims,
Spain formed colonies
to govern the people
there.
The colony of New
Spain was formed in
1535.
Slavery in the Americas
Some Europeans began settling in
the Americas because they hoped to
get rich.
2. Others came to start large farms
called plantations.
1.
Slaver in the Americas (cont)
The Growth of Slavery
1. The Spanish forced Native
Americans into slavery so that they
could grow crops and mine gold and
silver.
2. Many Native Americans died from:
1. Hunger
2. The work they did
3. Diseases brought by settlers
Slavery in the Americas (cont.)
1.
2.
Bartolome de Las Casas
spoke in favor of better
treatment for Native
Americans.
As Native Americans died,
Africans were captured and
forced into slavery.
Settling the Borderlands
1.
Spain realized they needed to
protect their northern borders,
which included land from California
to Florida.
Settling the Borderlands (cont.)
1.
2.
The Spanish built presidios, or
forts in the borderlands.
St. Augustine was built in
Florida. It was the first
European settlement in what
is now the U.S.
Settling the Borderlands
Spain’s main goal in settling the
borders was to protect its empire.
2. The Spanish king chose leaders to
govern each settlement. (not
elected)
3. The king also sent missionaries to
convert Native Americans to
Christianity.
1.
Settling Borderlands
Missionaries built religious
settlements called missions in
the southern half of North
America.
2. In 1610, Missionaries helped to
establish Santa Fe in the New
Mexico Colony.
1.
Life in the Borderlands
Spanish settlers
built missions to
convert Native
Americans to
Christianity.
Some Native Americans
chose to stay at
missions and adopt a
new way of living and
working
Some Native
Americans were
forced to work and
fought back by tearing
down churches and
other buildings
Life in the Borderlands (cont.)
Some Spanish
settlers built
large homes or
haciendas where
they had horses
and raised cattle
and sheep.
Some Native
Americans learned
to tame horses and
use them for
hunting and war.
Some Native
Americans learned
raise sheep and use
their wool to make
clothing.