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Columbian Exchange and Slave
Trade
• Used to describe the enormous widespread
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exchange of plants, animals, foods, human
populations (including slaves), communicable
diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and
Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492.
In that year, Christopher Columbus' first voyage
launched an era of large-scale contact between
the Old and the New Worlds that resulted in this
ecological revolution: hence the name
"Columbian" Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange
Latin American Social Class System
Peninsulares
Spanish official sent to govern Latin American colonies. They
controlled government completely.
Creoles
American born Spanish gentry, They owned most of the land
but were treated like second class citizens, and were denied
political rights.
Mestizos
Spanish/Native America- denied basic political, economic, and
social rights due to their mixed heritage.
Mulattoes
Spanish/African- denied basic political, economic, and social
rights due to their mixed heritage.
Native Americans &
Slaves
Lowest social class. They had no rights and were often
treated poorly and used as a labor source by the plantation
owning Creoles.