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