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Part
1. The Conquest (weeks 1-3)
| Monday, 23 January |
Why colonize?
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Introduction
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1. Columbus' Letter. Blackboard.
2. Inter Caetera. Blackboard.
3. The Treaty of Tordesillas. Blackboard. |
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| Wednesday, 25 January |
Why Spain and Who were the Spanish?
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1.
Instruction to Columbus, 1497. Blackboard.
2. Instructions for the Government of the Indies.
3. Decree on Indian Labor.
4. Antonio Montesinos, "Advent Sermon."
5. Royal Response to the Sermon of Antonio Montesinos.
6. Palacios Rubios, "The Requirement," or Requerimiento.
Blackboard.
7. Laws of Burgos.
8. Burkholder & Johnson, pp. 33-41. |
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| Monday, 30 January |
What was the pattern of Conquest?
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1. General Repartimiento of 1514.
2. Alonso de Zuazo. "State of the Indies."
3. Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, "Gold Mining."
4. Fernández de Oviedo, "If you decide to go to the
Indies."
5. Oviedo, "The Adelantado."
6. Victors and Vanquished, pp. 29-78.
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| Wednesday, 1 February |
Who were the Players in Mexico?
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1.
Victors and Vanquished, pp. 79-126. |
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Week 3
| Monday, 6 February |
How did the Conquest Come About?
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1.
Victors and Vanquished, pp. 127-213. |
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| Wednesday, 8 February |
What was the Aftermath?
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1. Victors and Vanquished, pp. 214-243.
2. Burkholder
& Jonson, pp. 44-80. |
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| Friday, 10 February |
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Part 2. Debating
the Conquest (weeks 4-6)
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4 |
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| Monday, 13 February |
How bad was the Conquest?
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Las
Casas, The Devastation of the Indies. |
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| Wednesday, 15 February |
Did the Spaniards Care?
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1.
The New Laws. Handout.
2. Francisco López de Gómora, "The Viceroy Announces
the New Laws in Peru." Handout.
3. Gonzalo Pizarro, "Letter to Pedro de Valdivia." Handout.
4. Garcilaso de la Vega, "The Death of Gonzalo Pizarro."
Handout. |
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5 |
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| Monday, 20 February |
How should we understand the Conquest?
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1.
Restall, Seven Myths, up through p. 99.
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| Wednesday, 22 February |
How
should we understand the Conquest?
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1.
Restall, Seven Myths, pp. 100-157.
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Part 3. Early
Colonial Society (weeks 6-8)
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6 |
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| Monday,
27 February |
What
was society like? |
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1.
Catalina Erauso, Lieutenant Nun. |
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| Wednesday, 1 March |
How
did the Crown exert Authority? |
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1.
Ordinances of the Council of the Indies.
2. Colonialism. |
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| Friday,
3 March |
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| Week 7 |
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| Monday, 6 March |
So Why Bother?
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1.
Europe in the Wider World.
2. European Demand.
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| Wednesday, 8 March |
How did the Mining Economy Work?
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1.
Diego Gualpa, "Account of the Discovery of Potosí."
Handout.
2. Cieza de León, "Potosí." Handout.
3. José de Acosta. Handout.
4. Vásquez de Espinosa. Handout. |
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8 |
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| Monday, 13 March |
What
did Colonists Believe?
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1.
Boyer, "Spiritual and Physical Ecstasies," pp. 77-100,
2. Boyer, "On her deathbed,"166-77.
3. Mills & Taylor, Handout.
4. Burkholder & Johnson, Chap. 3.
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| Wednesday, 15 March |
What
have you learned so far?
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Midterm. |
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| Friday, 17 March |
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Spring Break,
18 March to 2 April
Part 4. Exploitation
and Profit (weeks 9-10)
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| Monday, 3 April |
Sugar and the Colonial Project
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Burkholder
& Johnson, Chap. 4 and 5.
Schwartz, "Safra," pp. 98-131. |
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| Wednesday, 5 April |
How
does Latin American slavery compare?
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1.
The
Demographic cost of sugar. |
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10 |
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| Monday, 10 April |
What
was Slavery Like?
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Boyer,
141-54, 249-68, 279-93.
Handout on Indian Labor.
Handout on African Dance. |
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| Wednesday, 12 April |
Was
colonialism good for its citizens?
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Boyer,
pp. 11-17, 101-11.
Burkholder and Johnson, Chap. 6. |
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| Friday, 14 April |
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Part 5. The
Transformation and Dissolution of Colonial Society (weeks 11-12)
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11 |
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| Monday, 17 April |
How
did Colonial Society Change?
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Boyer,
pp. 130-140, 155-65.
Seed, To Love Honor and Obey, pp. 17-91. |
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| Wednesday, 19 April |
How
did Colonial Society Change?
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Seed,
pp. 95-189. |
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| Week
12 |
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| Monday, 24 April |
Why did Society Change?
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Burkholder
& Johnson, Chap. 9.
Juan & Ulloa, Handout.
Campbell, The Spanish Empire in America. |
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| Wednesday, 26 April |
What were the implications of these changes?
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Seed,
pp. 190-241.
Boyer, pp. 216-248. |
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| Friday, 28 April |
Introductions are Due. Remember to include a title page and your
previous stages.
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| Week 13 |
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| Monday, 1 May |
Was the cure worse than the disease?
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1. The
Economic Crisis, Taxes...
2. The Tupac Amaru Rebellion. |
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| Wednesday, 3 May |
How did the problems show up?
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Boyer,
pp. 178-84, 201-215. |
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| Week 14 |
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| Monday, 8 May |
Did the tensions lead to independence?
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Burkholder
& Johnson, Chap. 10.
Boyer, pp. 294-308. |
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| Wednesday, 10 May |
How did
independence come about?
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1.
Lynch. |
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| Thursday,
18 May |
Final Exam is at 9 AM. Final Draft is Due. Remember to
include a title page and all your previous drafts.
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