How did the Spanish colonial system organize labor, slavery, and social hierarchy?
The spanish colonial system organized labor through the ecomienda and repartiemto systems, exploiting indigenous and african labor. social hierarchy was rigid, with europeans at the top, followed by mestizos, mulattos, and indigenous peoples, who faced severe exploitation and racial discrimination
What were the main features of Spanish colonization in the Americas?
spanish colonization featured military conquest, the ecomienda system for labor, missionary efforts to convert indigenous people, resource extraction, and a rigid social hierarchy
How are proteins and amino acids related? Why are they important for life?
proteins are made of amino acids linked together in specific sequences-- amino acids are the building blocks of proteins-- both are crucial for life as they support cell structure, function and metabolic processes 😼