NEXT SPANISH STEP (week 6)

A while after the so called “white” arrival, we know that the South America that used to be a couple of years back were now totally changed and different. We also know that that the native-Colombians were somehow discriminated, because under Spanish criteria, this new race were “less than humans” or better said “less than Spaniard people” and so they were forced to work like slaves like the 90% of a day. But also the sickness that the new oppressors brought were really damaging to the Natives because before they came, America was really a clean, continent without all the dirtiness the Europeans had. And so like they were not get used lots of them died.

As if this wasn’t enough the Europeans decided to put a new law which purpose was to establish and control even better the natives, and this law said “ El pueblo debia tener Una iglesia,plaza y calles bajo la administracion de un cacique y su población nodebia superar los 300 vecinos”. And so these poor natives had to change their lives from living in their own wide spaces with their own home, families and food free to do wht they want, to becoming slaves of a land invaders which had no rights whatsoever, to tell them how any people they could have and what religions to follow. Also the languages the natives spoke were prohibited by the Land lords. But still a few of this were secretly talked. But many died because of it.

The Natives were not slaves of the Spanish but they treated them like if they were, because all the excessive hard work, the way of living and the lack of payment was a signal of the worst, Also because the massive take out of Colombian soil for money was only for Spain and not one bit of gold for the ones who at the first place own it.
As the Natives were in such a bad shape, the Spanish people were lacking out of employees ( the Spanish true blood didn’t had to work) and so the “cachacos” and “criollos” replaced the workers for the Spanish factories of Gold and Jewls could be established once again.

Of all this we several years later can only wonder if this case of non official slavery and the constant injustices of the Spaniard would ever lead to something good? These injustices made the liberation of Colombia many years later possible.

SPAIN AND THE AMERICA CHANGE OF CULTURE
(WEEK 5A)
After a few years of the European arrival America had changed, from being a total different thing of what was Spain to becoming one pretty much the same. The difference was that the inhabitants of South America were a mix betweeen “ cachacos” “criollos” negros” “blancos” because of this, the jerarqy was starting to born as the whites were the riches and the owners of the lands, the black people werent allowed to have a house of their own, so they were the most pooor class. The Cahacos, and Criollos were of halve, meaning not poor but not rich either. The Natives or indians werent able to go to any parties o events of the rich or middle people but neither were as discriminated as the black people.The Spanish had right to maximum 10 blacks and five indians as slaves. So slowly but surely America was becoming a new Spain but with the people more despearte to fir in. Thats why so many prostitutes where now working in the streets, and so a lot of people started to cheat to their wifes and the familiar problems started. Things that didnt happened before because one indian had the right of having seven female accompanions.
As the new era begun, the changes were drastic, because all the territories of the Natives were destroyed to make houses for the kings, the cities were finally called names, as the first cities were Santafe De Bogota, Cartagena and Santa Marta. As the people tried to settle down on the diferent parts of Colombia, The materials were also distribuited depending on the class of the people. The “Divine Crown” had the right to the best materials for making a home as well as the best floors even the glasses. As for the middle level were happy to choose between zinc or icopor The natives had to build his houses with wood and the Black had n o right to any elements.
The food that was on the first place from america, was sent to Europe and less than the half was sent back to america to be distribuited, and once again the discrimination was shown. The good food was of course for the White europeans, The one that was a little bit raw was for the middñe, and the one who was Rotten was for the natives and black.
So these discrimination was really desperate and america was really in a very bad moment. Something needed to change.