THEME 3 PART 3HAYLEY PHILLIPS

DR. ARGUELLOHISTORY 140

The people of the Portuguese and Spanish Colonies in America

Portuguese America

Damiana da Cunha  The time when they lived:

1780-1831 The Place/Colony where

they lived: Sao Jose, Brazil

Their social group: AldeiaTheir gender: FemaleTheir occupation or chief

activity: Catechist and sertanista

Damiana da CunhaThe general history of the

biographical subject:Damiana became the principal

Indian leader of the community

She was a loyal supporter of the Church and interpreter of its teachings to her neighbors

Damiana lived in one of the Luso-Brazilian houses

The only reliable Indian inhabitants were those like Damiana, she had been raised in the aldeia and knew no other way of life

Portuguese America

Antonio de Gouveia  The time when they lived:

Born in 1528 and died 1544

The Place/Colony where they lived: Portugal

Their social group: AzoresTheir gender: MaleTheir occupation or chief

activity: Adventurer and Priest

Antonio de Gouveia  

The general history of the biographical subject:

• Gouveia went to Lisbon at about twenty years of age

• In 1557 he said under oath that he studied Latin and rhetoric at the University of Coimbra, but did not specify the year

• It might have been before he sailed for Italy in 1553 to further is education in theology and medicine in Rome

Spanish America

Diego VasicuioThe time when they

lived: Spanish Colonial times

The Place/Colony where they lived: Peru

Their social group: Sorimana’s cult

Their gender: MaleTheir occupation or chief

activity: Native Priest

Diego Vasicuio  The general history of

the biographical subject

• Diego was an influential member of Indian communities

• He worked through individual, informal contacts with his neighbors to hand down gods and gospels from one generation of believers to another

• Diego lived such a long life without permanently leaving his home community

Spanish America

Francisco BaqueroThe time when they lived:

Spain’s eighteenth century, entered the trade as an apprentice at age 12

The Place/Colony where they lived: Buenos Aires

Their social: CastasTheir gender: MaleTheir occupation or chief

activity: Shoemaker and Organizer

Francisco Baquero

The general history of the biographical

subject:• Francisco had left his parents

house and entered the home of a master shoemaker

• He married Bonifacia Vera after opening his own shop in Calle Santo Domingo

• Baquero was unable to gain access to the upper class clientele who would have assured his material success

Spanish America

Cristobal Bequer • The time when they

lived: Born in 1693 and died in 1753

The Place/Colony where they lived: Lima

Their social group: Peruvian

Their gender: MaleTheir occupation or

chief activity: Priesthood

Cristobal Bequer 

The general history of the biographical

subject:• In 1714 Cristobal and his

brother Pedro and his father were implicated in a murder

• Pedro was walking down the street and noticed the chief police guard for merchants leaning over the display counter of their fathers store, Pedro pulled out his sword and stabbed the chief in the back repeatedly

Spanish America

Enrico MartinezThe time when they lived:

Stepped off the ship in Veracruz, Mexico in 1589

The Place/Colony where they lived: Seville, Mexico- New Spain

Their social group: colonial society

Their gender: MaleTheir occupation or chief

activity: Printer and Engineer

Enrico MartinezThe general history of

the biographical subject:

• Enrico had to find a way to make a living with out sacrificing his intellecutal interests

• Enrico was a disadvantage compared to most thinkers in colonial society

• Over the next 43 years Enrico attained a high reputation, at least for a while, as a scientist and public official