The account was one of the first attempts by a Spanish writer of the colonial era to depict the unfair treatment that the indigenous people endured during the early stages of the Spanish conquest of the Greater Antilles‚ particularly the island of Hispaniola. Las Casas’s point of view can be described as being heavily against some of the Spanish methods of colonization‚ which‚ as he described them‚ inflicted great losses on the indigenous occupants of the islands. His account was largely responsible
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developed from influences all around the world. Just East of Cuba sits the tropical island of Haiti. The beautiful landscape makes it seem like a paradise; however the islands history has been covered in oppression and bloodshed since the 1400’s. Hispaniola was the name given to the island (which includes the current Haiti and Dominican Republic) by Christopher Columbus after his arrival in 1492. At this time the Arawak Indians who called their island “Hayti”‚ which meant mountainous land‚ had inhabited
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Spaniards in Columbus ships described the Caribbean as green and fertile‚ cooled by trade winds with a good climate. The indigenous population of the Caribbean probably didn’t exceed three quarters of a million and most of them lived on the Hispaniola Island. The main types of people comprised the Ciboney‚ the Taino Arawak and the Carib. In some case its hard to track the history of some of these people but most of them left their history in pottery and paintings which was important in determining
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According to The Central Intelligence Agency (2013)‚ the native Taino - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century‚ the French established a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697‚ Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island‚ which later became Haiti. The other two thirds of the island is also known as the Dominican Republic. The island itself can be
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Rosmery Reyes 4/1/13 Hs/ms 368 603 Dominican Republic Capital:The capital of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo The capital and largest city (over 2 million population) in the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo. The
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The island of Hispaniola‚ which contains Haiti on the western side and the Dominican republic on the Eastern side is found in the Caribbean sea near Cuba‚ and has a population of 10.3 million (Ferguson and Christian Girault‚ 2017). It is the poorest country in the Americas with an average GDP per capita of $846 US and 59% of the population living below the national poverty line of US $2.42 a day (“Haiti Overview‚” 2017) Haiti is located on a convergent boundary between the Caribbean and North American
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HISTORY School Based Assessment (S.B.A) By STUDENT NAME: Brusane Lewis SCHOOL: Mt alvernia High School TERRITORY: Jamaica REGISTER NUMBER: CENTRE NUMBER: SUBJECT: HISTORY TEACHER: FORM: 10 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title of study 1 Statement of aim 2 Rationale 3 1.) Introduction 4 2.) The social effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and the wider Caribbean 6 3.) The political effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and 7 the wider Caribbean
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nature of these people with whom he had newly come into contact. Columbus first expedition landed on a small island in the Bahamas thereafter renamed San Salvador. This brought him into contact with the Lucayan Tainos. When Columbus arrived at Hispaniola there
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Country Background In 1492‚ while on a journey to the “New World‚” Christopher Columbus discovered an island that he would call Hispaniola. At the time of discovery‚ The Taino Indians occupied the island. After years of Spanish reign the Taino Indians eventually died off‚ due to years of slavery and diseases brought to the island by the Spaniards. In 1496 the capital city Santo Domingo was founded. The nation toggled between Spanish rule and a Haiti invasion eventually recognizing Independence on
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Equally important the Dominicans speak Spanish thanks to the power placed by Spain. It is peculiar that Jamaica is the only country in the great Antilles with English as official language. The catholic alliteration imposed to the natives of ´´La Hispaniola´´ was crucial in the expansion of Spanish language. The politics are also quite different
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