In 1492, Columbus found the new world and that started the whole process of trading and force labor. The Spaniards didn’t reach the Andes until 1532. It wasn’t until 1572 when the Spanish viceroy named Francisco Toledo started the mita. The mita was created to make the people in Andes to do force labor such as, working in the mine. The mine wasn’t a safe place for his people to work, it was dangerous to breathe in the air. Breathing in the air caused death among his people, it also would cause them to get sick. The Spanish started this force labor because they found the mine, which was full of sliver. The only problem is that they needed people to move the silver out of the mine so they could trade it with other European countires. It seem like they were trying to take over the Andes. Well, Guarache didn’t like that because it seem like his people were going in the mind and some of them were dying and even getting sick, also the people who heard about doing force labor left …show more content…
Everyone is leaving his community because of the mita. The mita is basically a draft that takes mitayos (laborers) from the ayylu (community). He fear that there isn’t going to be anybody left in his community because of the mita. The families are leaving because the mita if forcing the males in every family to do labor. The labor is forcing males to work in the mines and load llama caravans with preserved food. Working in the mines is dangerous, it cause death and sickness among the mitayos. He is writing this petition because he thinks the mita isn’t fair. There should be some be rules to the mita. For instance, we have a thing called the draft and the oldest male in each family has to go to the army when they need more soldiers. The draft doesn’t say every male in a family has to go to the army. Don Gabriel Guarache is wrting this petition to Francisco Toledo who started the idea of forced labor in the