Nahua communities Spanish rule local autonomy taxes labor

Nahua communities kept some local control under Spanish rule

In Indigenous Nahua communities, Spanish rulers often relied on local nobles and city-states. The communities kept considerable control over local affairs, while the arrangement also let the Spanish collect taxes and exploit Indigenous labor.

Colonial Americans saw liberty in Magna Carta

The 1215 agreement between England’s King John and rebel barons was not written as a charter of universal rights for ordinary people. Centuries later, people interpreted it that way, and that view helped shape colonial Americans’ ideas about liberty and the U.S. Constitution.

Plant cells may photosynthesize because their ancestors swallowed bacteria

Chloroplasts, the parts of plant cells that perform photosynthesis, appear to be descendants of bacteria swallowed by ancient cells. Chloroplasts still keep signs of this origin, including their own circular DNA and bacteria-like machinery for making proteins.

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Nahua communities Spanish rule local autonomy taxes labor

Nahua communities kept some local control under Spanish rule

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