Colonial America and Chile

What is the role of the Royal Audience (Reales Audiencia)?

• Advises the King in making laws

• Control trade with and from the American colonies

• Devoted to ensuring that laws are obeyed in the name of the King

• Controls the Spanish armed forces

They were the representatives of the King in each viceroyalty.

• Governor

• Captaincy General

• Cabildo

• Viceroys

Why was Chile the territory chosen to start a captaincy general?

• It was a territory with difficult indigenous resistance.

• Trading in this territory was not easy for the Spaniards.

• The Spanish conquistadors had trouble communicating with the people.

• The indigenous population welcomed the Spaniards without trouble.

The role of converting and educating the indigenous people during the colonial times was mainly done by ______________.

• The mestizo group

• The religious orders

• Viceroys and governors

• The authorities who participated in the Cabildo

The American territory was divided into large territories called __________.

• Viceroyalties

• Viceroy

• Captaincy General

• Council of the Indies

Name the three main productive activities in America:

• Mining, Artisanal Products, Trading

• Mining, Fishing, Agriculture

• Mining, Livestock Farming, Agriculture

• Mining, Fishing, Livestock Farming

The Spanish monarchy established trade monopoly in the Americas. Trading was carried out in specific ports. To ensure compliance with the commercial monopoly, the system of fleets and galleons was created.

According to these trade regulations, it is right to say that:

• Spain wanted illegal products by creating economic policies.

• Spain established a strong monopoly on its American colonies.

• Spain created a free-trade economic system with its American colonies.

• Spain applied a series of economic principles on its American colonies, which were later known as capitalism.

It became the most important economic activity in America. It developed in large areas of lands called plantations and haciendas where they use a large group of slave labor to do all the manual work.

• Mining

• Livestock Farming

• Agriculture

• Artisanal Products

A labor system where a group of indigenous is given to a Spaniard called encomendero to work for him.

• Encomienda System

• Mita

• Slavery

A form of forced labor where the workers were mostly Africans. They were considered property of their masters.

• Encomienda System

• Mita

• Slavery

• Repartimiento