Encomienda and repartimiento systems in Spanish America (1492–1650)

1. Inter caetera bull asserts Spanish claim

   May 4, 1493Labels: Pope Alexander, Inter caetera

   • Britannica
   • Inter caetera

2. Treaty of Tordesillas divides overseas spheres

   Jun 7, 1494Labels: Treaty of, Spain Portugal

   • Britannica
   • Tordesillas

3. Ovando’s Hispaniola governance expands labor drafts

   Jan 1, 1502Labels: Nicol s, Hispaniola

   • Lehigh Trial
   • Britannica

4. Crown defines encomienda grants and obligations

   Jan 1, 1503Labels: Encomienda, Spanish Crown

   • Britannica
   • Lehigh Trial

5. Montesinos sermon publicly condemns encomienda abuses

   Dec 21, 1511Labels: Antonio de, Santo Domingo

   • Montesinos
   • Providence DWC

6. Laws of Burgos regulate Indigenous labor

   Dec 1, 1512Labels: Laws of, Spanish Crown

   • Burgos Laws
   • Britannica

7. Requerimiento formalizes conquest demands

   Jan 1, 1513Labels: Requerimiento, Spanish authorities

   • UNL OER
   • LoC Item

8. New Spain’s royal government consolidates labor control

   Jan 1, 1535Labels: Viceroyalty of, Royal government

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

9. New Laws restrict encomiendas and hereditary claims

   Nov 20, 1542Labels: New Laws, Charles V

   • Britannica
   • New Laws

10. Encomendero revolt in Peru resists New Laws

    Jan 18, 1546Labels: Encomenderos, Peru

    • Britannica
    • I aquito

11. Repartimiento expands as Crown-managed labor draft

    Jan 1, 1549Labels: Repartimiento, Spanish Crown

    • UNM Thesis
    • Repartimiento

12. Valladolid debate challenges justice of conquest

    Aug 15, 1550Labels: Valladolid Debate, Spanish jurists

    • Junta Valladolid
    • Valladolid

13. Las Casas publishes widely read denunciation

    Jan 1, 1552Labels: Bartolom de, A Short

    • Oxford Cabinet
    • Short Account

14. Repartimiento largely replaces encomienda in New Spain

    Jan 1, 1601Labels: Repartimiento, New Spain

    • Repartimiento
    • Encomienda