Dear Individuals,

We’ve been reading about the class-based society of New Spain. In that culture, you were born poor or rich or middle class and people believed that was just the way it was supposed to stay. Kings were kings and slaves were slaves.

But things were happening in the 1600s and 1700s that challenged these ideas. Scientists were looking through telescopes and reordering the skies; philosphers were thinking about existence and justice; and writers and artists were representing what human life was really like.

These forces all joined together to lead to big revolutions based on the idea that all people are created equal.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck