During the colonial era that followed the Spanish conquest of Peru, many of the Inca state institutions were retained and
adapted to fit the needs of the conquerors. Spanish rule was largely indirect: the colonial administrators and landowners
transmitted their demands through local chieftains, or curacas, and did not directly interfere with the daily life of the Indian
householder. Like the Incas, the Spanish practiced mass resettlement of villages, demanded a work-tax of the Indians, and
maintained a separate class of servants and artisans. But Spanish demands for gold and produce were intolerably harsh, and the
greed of the landowners and the corruption of the administrators provoked numerous Indian uprisings throughout the colonial
period. Even today the Quechua Indian peasants of Peru and Bolivia speak Quechua and retain many elements from Inca days
in their religion, their family life, and their agricultural techniques. See also Indians, American: The Central Andes.
During the colonial era that followed the Spanish conquest of Peru, many of the Inca state institutions were retained and adapted to fit the needs of the conquerors. Spanish rule was largely indirect: the colonial administrators and landowners transmitted their demands through local chieftains, or curacas, and did not directly interfere with the daily life of the Indian householder. Like the Incas, the Spanish practiced mass resettlement of villages, demanded a work-tax of the Indians, and maintained a separate class of servants and artisans. But Spanish demands for gold and produce were intolerably harsh, and the greed of the landowners and the corruption of the administrators provoked numerous Indian uprisings throughout the colonial period. Even today the Quechua Indian peasants of Peru and Bolivia speak Quechua and retain many elements from Inca days in their religion, their family life, and their agricultural techniques. See also Indians, American: The Central Andes.
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