14th October 2014 (Tuesday)

Hello everybody! I'm Fernando
Today in the class of social sciences we have started reading and talking about a text that Paqui published last Sunday. Last Sunday was the 12th of October, it's a importat day because we celebrate the "discovery of América" by Columbus. The text talks about all these things. Also we have seen some photos to think about what, the discovery supposed the indigenous people that live in América.

Columbus with the indegenous people of America.

Source: http://elpais.com/diario/2006/05/14/domingo/1147578759_740215.html

Latter we have started to correct the part of the scheme about the indies (América) that we had to complete at home. First we have corrected the administration of the Indies, Some institutions were created to rule the indies. They created Viceroyalties, Cabildos and Courts of Justice to rule the Indies. Also we have corrected exploitation of the Indies. They had two systems to exploit the indigenous people, the Encomienda system to exploit the lands and the Mita system to exploit the mines. We haven't corrected the colonial society, another part of the scheme.

Indigenous working the land.

Source: http://www.members.tripod.com/~panamahistoria/encomienda.htm

We have added some new words to our glossary:

Viceroy: virrey

Vice-royalty: virreinado

On the outskirts: a las afueras

Royal fifth: quinto real

Load: carga

Customs: aduana

Greed: codicia, avarícia

Greedy: avaricioso

On my side: de mi parte

To enslave: esclavizar