The Age of Exploration

1. Chapter 13 Part 2 The Age of Exploration

2. Social Classes

3. Social Classes • All of the multiethnic groups were considered inferior • Mestizos eventually became artisans and small merchants • Seen as socially superior to other multiracial groups once they began making money

4. Economic Foundations • Spain and Portugal both looked for ways to make money off of their colonies • Gold and Silver • Farming was more long lasting • Native Americans worked on real estates or poor farmers • Trade also provided profit • Sugar, tobacco, diamonds, and animal hides were shipped to Europe where they were completed and shipped back

5. State and Church • Brazil • Portugal appointed a governor-general who then appointed people to take over the districts • American Empires • Spain appointed a viceroy to take charge of their colonies

6. State and Church • Spanish and Portuguese rulers were determined to spread Christianity • They accomplished this by bringing people to villages where they could be converted and taught trades • Jesuits established more than 30 missions in Paraguay • Turned the mission into a profitable business

7. State and Church • Catholic Church • Built cathedrals, hospitals, orphanages and schools • Women could enter a convent and become a nun • The nuns would work outside the convent by running schools and hospitals