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Spanish Colonial Rule: Encomienda and the Casta System
Describe the economic extraction under the encomienda system and the rigid racial hierarchy established by the casta system.
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Contact, Colonization, and Convergence in the Americas
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Analyze the causes, interactions, and enduring global impacts of European colonization and cultural convergence in the Western Hemisphere.
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SS.6.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes within regions of the Western Hemisphere and their relationships with one another.
SS.6.3.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate how different economic systems developed based on access to resources, societal values, and human experiences, in order to address the problem of scarcity.