Spaniards forced the Indians into slavery in gold mines and on their colonial farms and ranches. Destruction of the Arawaks by the Spanish; Carib resistance to the British and French ▪ When the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean‚ there were two Amerindian peoples living there: the Arawaks centered the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles‚ and the Caribs in the Eastern Caribbean. Both had come from the tropical rain forest areas of northwestern South America. ▪ The Indians were subsistence
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the Mayas was maize and maize production was the central economic activity. The people indigenous to the Caribbean include a few groups. These groups include the Taino people‚ who live
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US I AP Chapter 1 Study Guide The fall of Rome and the Dark Ages The Dark Ages: * Dark Ages: the time period in Western Civilization that began after the fall of Rome to the Goths in 476 CE * Life during the Dark Ages * Violent * City life withered * Sewage systems stopped working * People lived in shacks and struggled to get food * Literacy is almost 0% * Bubonic Plague appears People and the Roman Catholic Church: * The only saving grace during this time
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Hispaniola as a base for their exploration of the Caribbean. Within a few years the entire Caribbean region was dominated by Europeans. Much of what the Indigenous people had created was now destroyed. The imposition of Christianity upon the 2 Caribs and Awaraks led to their deculturisation as most of their beliefs and customs were destroyed. Over the next few years the Amerindians were unfairly and brutally massacred for a
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America‚ settled the islands of the Caribbean. Around AD 600‚ the Taíno Indians‚ an Arawak culture‚ arrived on the island‚ displacing the previous inhabitants. They were organized into cacicazgos (chiefdoms)‚ each led by a cacique (chief). The final Arawak migrants‚ the Caribs‚ began moving up the Lesser Antilles in the 12th century‚ and were raiding Taíno villages on the island’s eastern coast by the late sixteenth century. The Taíno people called the island Quisqueya (mother of all lands) and Ayiti
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During the late 18th century‚ slavery was major part of America’s way of life. Its growth was assisted by certain factors such as: geography‚ economy‚ trade‚ and social. It was widely accepted by white American citizens until it was challenged during the Revolution Era by ideals‚ religion‚ and the decline of profit in tobacco. The decline was more noticeable north of Delaware due to laws abolishing slavery‚ though this institution still persisted for a while in the 19th century. Geography was what
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had three daughters‚ Juana‚ Isabel and Maria; and one son‚ Luis. He built a large stone house for his growing family—a house that still stands today near the city of Caparra. As provincial governor‚ Ponce de León had occasion to meet with the Tainos who visited his province from neighboring Puerto Rico. They told him stories of a fertile land with much gold to be found in the many rivers. Inspired by the possibility of riches‚ Ponce de León requested and received permission from Ovando to explore
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first landfall in the ’New World’ in 1492‚ he was sure he had reached the East by this western route‚ so he named the islands the ’West Indies’ and the people he found there ’Indians’. The area came to be called the Caribbean‚ after the Caribs‚ one of the Taino peoples who‚ along with the Arawaks‚ had migrated from Central and South America‚ and were among the first people to live on the West Indian islands. On his second voyage in 1493‚ Columbus was accompanied by a larger number of Spaniards
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the questions listed below for the essay portion of the exam. Remember to be as thorough as possible in answering the essay questions. The strongest answers are at least3-5 paragraphs in length. Theme: Conquest of Paradise Chapter 1 Taino and Carib‚ Reconquista‚ Bartolome de las Casas and the Black Legend‚ encomienda‚ The Columbian Exchange‚ Francisco Vasquez de Coronado‚ Ancient and Complex Societies of West Africa‚ France in Canada‚ Protestant Reformation‚ socioeconomic causes of English
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become a holiday during which they celebrate the landing of the Marryshow Corporation nation ships that had brought their ancestors to Toussaint two centuries before: “Time to remember the way their forefathers had toiled and sweated together: Taino Carib and Arawak; African; Asian; Indian; even the Euro‚ though some wasn’t too happy to acknowledge that-there bloodline. All the bloods flowing into one river‚ making a new home on a new planet” (Hopkinson 18). This explanation of Jonkanoo and the life
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