the people of the portuguese and spanish colonies
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The people of the Portuguese and Spanish Colonies in America
Hist 140 Theme 3 Part 3Sumer 2011
By: Le Thi My Ho
Catarina de Monte Sinay
Period: 17 – 18th Century Colony: Brazil Social Group: Bahia Gender: Female Occupation: Nun and Entrepreneur
Catarina de Monte Sinay
Dedicated her life to being a “Bride of Christ” Young novice at Desterro Convent of Bahis, the
only convent in Brazil Her model of saintly behavior: Madre Vitoria da
Encarnacao Smart and skillful in business and financial
dealings that in a period of over half a century she had built up a working capital of 4,404,000 reis – a considerable sum equal approximately to half of the wealthy convent’s total annual income
Antonio de Gouveia Period: 16th Century Colony: Brazil Social Group: Azorean Gender: Male Occupation: Priest and Adventurer
Antonio de Gouveia
Practices Astrology, Medicine, Alchemy, and Fortunes Telling
Confident and Charming Character
Banished to Brazil and later deported to Lisbon to be incarcerated
Enrico Martinez
Period: 16 – 17th Century Colony: Mexico New Spain Social Group: Spanish Gender: Male Occupation: Printer and
Engineer
Enrico Martinez
A printer from Seville, Spain who went to Veracruz, Mexico in his 30s to see the new world and make his fortune from it
Struggle against the obstacles faced by educated people in colonial society because he brought with him more than the immigrant’s usual repertory of negotiable talents
His energy and intellectual curiosity led him to challenge several important facets of colonial society
As a printer, he was cautious; writer, he edged toward new ideas but fearfully drew back; as an engineer, he was innovative and accurate in his analysis but less skillful in its execution; as a politician, he combined an admirable defense of what he believed right with a less commendable inflexibility and ineptness in attaining it
Diego Vasicuio
Period: 16 – 17th Century Colony: Peru Social Group: Native Peruvian Gender: Male Occupation: Native Priest
Diego Vasicuio
Work to preserve the ideas and beliefs held by his people
Missionaries wanted to convert the natives to Catholicism including Diego
At 90 yrs old - charged for heresy by the Catholic church
Worshipped the god “Sorimana” and holder of its figurine
Was able to keep his faith by tricking the Catholic priests
Isabel Moctezuma
Period: 16th Century Colony: Mexico New Spain Social Group: Aztec Gender: Female Occupation: Princess and Mestizaje
Pioneer
Isabel Moctezuma
Aztec Princess Tecuichpotzin who married young and had 6 husbands
Converted to Catholicism and baptized as Isabel
4th Husband – Conquistador Alonso de Grado, died shortly after their marriage when she was 17 yrs old
Hernando Cortes included her in his heir before arranging Isabel’s 5th marriage
Francisco Baquero Period: 18 – 19th Century Colony: Buenos Aires, Argentina Social Group: Mestizo Gender: Male Occupation: Shoemaker and
Organizer
Francisco Baquero
A Master Shoemaker but wasn’t successful
Worked to create a Union with regulations to control quality and customer base
Formed a Union of Negro and Mulatto Shoemakers but got rejected
Traveled to Madrid to fight for a segregated union