European diseases to which the native populations …
Years: 1540 - 1551
European diseases to which the native populations have no resistance are decimating the American population, as well as cruel systems of forced labor (such as encomiendas and the mining industry's mita) under Spanish control.
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Inca Empire
- Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
- Puerto Rico (Spanish Colony)
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
- New Andalusia Governorate
- New Spain, Viceroyalty of
- Panama, Royal Audencia of
- Granada, New Kingdom of (Spanish colony)
- Chile (Spanish colony)
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Río de la Plata, Governorate of the
Topics
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Columbian Exchange
- Encomienda system
