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Part
1. The Conquest (weeks 1-3)
| Monday, 24 January |
Why colonize? |
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Introduction
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1. Santa Fe Capitulations, 1492.
2. Granada Capitulations, 1492.
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Columbus' Letter.
4. Warrant for a Second Voyage, 1493.
5. The Response in Europe, 1493-94. All Combined in one PDF on Blackboard.
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| Wednesday, 26 January |
What were the First Responses? |
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1. Inter Caetera, 1493.
2. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494.
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Instruction to Columbus, 1497.
4. Instructions for the Government of the Indies, 1501.
5. Decree on Indian Labor, 1503. All Combined in one PDF on Blackboard.
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| Friday, 28 January |
How Did the Spanish Adjust? |
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1. Antonio Montesinos, "Advent Sermon," 1511.
2. Royal Response to the Sermon of Antonio Montesinos, 1512.
3. Palacios Rubios, "The Requirement," or Requerimiento, 1512.
4. Laws of Burgos, 1512-13. All Combined in one PDF on Blackboard.
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| Monday, 31 January |
How did things play out in the Caribbean? |
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1. General Repartimiento of 1514.
2. Alonso de Zuazo. "State of the Indies."#1 and #2 Are Combined in one PDF on Blackboard.
3. Cook, "In the Path of the Hurricane," on e-reserve.
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| Wednesday, 2 February |
How did the Conquest of Mexico Draw on the Caribbean? |
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1. Fernández de Oviedo on the Conquistadores. On Blackboard.
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Victors and Vanquished, pp. 29-78. |
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| Friday, 4 February |
Who were the Players in Mexico? |
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Victors and Vanquished, pp. 79-126.
Map Quiz |
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Week 3
| Monday, 7 February |
How did Cortes Proceed? |
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Victors and Vanquished, pp. 127-181. |
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| Wednesday, 9 February |
How did the Conquest Come About and what were its implications? |
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Victors and Vanquished, pp. 182-243.
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| Friday, 11 February |
What Happened in Peru? |
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Diamond, e-reserve. |
| Friday, 11 February |
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Part 2. Debating
the Conquest (weeks 4-6)
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4 |
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| Monday, 14 February |
How bad was the Conquest? |
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Las
Casas, The Devastation of the Indies. |
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| Wednesday, 16 February |
Did the Spaniards Care? |
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1.
The New Laws. On Blackboard.
2. Francisco López de Gómora, "The Viceroy Announces
the New Laws in Peru."
3. Gonzalo Pizarro, "Letter to Pedro de Valdivia."
4. Garcilaso de la Vega, "The Death of Gonzalo Pizarro."2-4 Are Combined in one PDF on Blackboard.
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| Friday, 18 February |
What were Native Americans Doing? |
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Stern, "Post-Incaic Alliances," e-reserves. |
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| Monday, 21 February |
How should we understand the Conquest? |
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Restall, Seven Myths, up through p. 63. |
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| Wednesday, 23 February |
How
should we understand the Conquest? |
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Restall, Seven Myths, pp. 64-99. |
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| Friday, 25 February |
How
should we understand the Conquest? |
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Restall, Seven Myths, pp. 100-157. |
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Part 3. Early
Colonial Society (weeks 6-8)
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| Monday,
28 February |
Early Colonial Society: How did Spaniards Relate?From
Conquest to Colony: Potosi as the Motor of the New Colonial
Economy |
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Catalina Erauso, Lieutenant Nun.
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| Wednesday, 2 March |
From
Conquest to Colony: Potosi as the Motor of the New Colonial
Economy |
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1.
Primary Sources on Potosí. On Blackboard.
2. Cole, "The Potosí Mita," e-reserve. |
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| Friday,
4 March |
Why was Potosí Important to Spain?
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Stein and Stein, "Financing Empire," e-reserve.
Parker, "David or Goliath," e-reserve. |
| Friday,
4 March |
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| Week 7 |
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| Monday, 7 March |
Why was Potosí Important to Latin America? |
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Larson, "The Emergence of a Market Economy," e-reserve.
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| Wednesday, 9 March |
Colonial Material Culture? |
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Bauer, e-reserve. |
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| Friday, 11 March |
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1.
Boyer, "Spiritual and Physical Ecstasies," pp. 77-100,
2. Boyer, "On her deathbed,"166-77.
3. Santa Rosa de Lima, On Blackboard. |
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| Monday, 14 March |
Early Colonial Government: What were the Goals of
the Colonial State?
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John Lynch, The
Institutional Framework.
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| Wednesday, 16 March |
How did Spaniards Keep Order? |
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Kellogg, "Hegemony out of Conquest," On Blackboard. |
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| Friday, 18 March |
What have you learned? |
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Midterm. |
| Friday, 18 March |
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Spring Break,
19 March to 3 April
Part 4. Exploitation
and Profit (weeks 9-10)
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| Monday, 4 April |
How Does Slavery fit in? |
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Curtin, "The Tropical Atlantic," e-reserve.
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| Wednesday, 6 April |
How
was sugar produced? |
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Schwartz, "Safra," e-reserve. |
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| Friday, 8 April |
What was slavery like? |
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Mattoso, e-reserve and e-reserve. |
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| Monday, 11 April |
How About Slavery in Spanish America? |
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Bryant, "A Classic Slave Society, Popayan."
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| Wednesday, 13 April |
How Did Slavery Compare to Other Forms of Exploitation?
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Handout
on Indian Labor.
Boyer,
pp. 11-17, 101-11.
Boyer,
141-54, 249-68, 279-93. |
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| Friday, 15 April |
What Makes Sugar Slavery Distinctive?
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Tadman, The
Demographic cost of sugar. |
| Friday, 15 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, 18 April |
How
did Colonial Society Change? |
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Boyer,
pp. 130-140, 155-65.
Seed, To Love Honor and Obey, pp. 1-60. |
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| Wednesday, 20 April |
How
did Colonial Society Change? |
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Seed,
pp. 61-122. |
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| Friday, 22 April |
How
did Colonial Society Change? |
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Seed,
pp. 123-157. |
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12 |
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| Monday, 25 April |
Why did Society Change? |
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Maxwell, "A Southern Perspective." |
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| Wednesday, 27 April |
Why did Society Change? |
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Juan & Ulloa, Handout.
Campbell, The Spanish Empire in America. |
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| Friday, 29 April |
What were the implications of these changes? |
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Seed,
pp. 161-241.
Boyer, pp. 216-248. |
| Friday, 29 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, 2 May |
Was the cure worse than the disease? |
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McFarlane, "Rebellions in Spanish America."
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| Wednesday, 4 May |
How did the problems show up? |
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Andrien, The
Economic Crisis, Taxes...
Boyer,
pp. 178-84, 201-215. |
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| Friday, 6 May |
What was the Situation in Slave Societies? |
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Andrews, excerpt from "[Afro-Latin America in] 1800," e-reserve. |
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| Week 14 |
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| Monday, 9 May |
What was the Impact of Revolution? |
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Geggus, "The Haitian Revolution on Latin America," e-reserve.
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| Wednesday, 11 May |
How did
independence come about? |
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Boyer, pp. 294-308.
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Lynch. |
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| Friday, 13 May |
What have you learned? |
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Conclusion and Review. |
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| Thursday,
19 May |
Final Exam is at 2 PM. Final Draft is Due. Remember to
include a title page and all your previous drafts.
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