Readworks Article of the Day “Sir Francis Drake”
Vocabulary-practice words on Sadlierconnect.com for test tomorrow
Grammar-Main & Helping Verbs p. 98-99
Reading-RNB p. 97-98 News report
Band/Choir
Math-Comparing and Ordering Fractions p. 112-113
Religion-Seven Sacraments and 3 Main Groups p. 126-127
Social Studies-Lesson 4 notes
Unit 2 Lesson 4
Ponce de Leon landed in Florida looking for gold
Hernando de Soto landed in Florida explored southeastern US diseases carried by men and animals killed thousands of Native Americans
Explorers in Southwest- Cabeza de Vaca landed in Texas arrived in Mexico City after walking across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
Vasquez de Coronado led expedition across southwest US
2 territories settled: South America called Peru and Central America called New Spain
Rulers gave encomiendas (large areas of land) to loyal colonists
Native Americans forced to work for Spanish landowners many died from disease, starvation and overwork
Bartolommeo de Las Casas a missionary spoke out about mistreatment
Spanish explorers brought African slaves to New Spain
The African slaves also worked in the silver mines
Many died so more were needed
1570’s slaves rebelled
Some were defeated and some got away and built their own communities
New Spain social pyramid
Viceroy-new leader
Peninsulares-Spaniards
Criollos-people born in New Spain
Mestizos-people both Spanish and Native American
Native Americans and Enslaved Africans worked without wages
1600-1680 20 settlements built in New Mexico, important for missions and mining natural resources where priests tried to convert Native Am.
By 1800 Spanish controlled the area which is now Texas, New Mexico Arizona and California
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