Bartolomè de Las Casas‚ "Of the Island of Hispaniola" (1542) Identify and explain the metaphor that Las Casas uses to describe the Spaniards’ treatment of the people of Hispaniola. What does the use of this metaphor suggest about Las Casas’ attitude toward the Spaniards and the people of Hispaniola? Bartolome de Las Casas compares the native people to sheep‚ describing them as "...without malice or duplicity‚ most obedient‚ most faithful‚ the most humble‚ most patient‚ most peaceful and calm
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AFL 112- ECONOMIC DEVLOPMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE/CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK JUAN CARLOS POLANCO‚ ESQ.‚ MBA FALL 2013 Short Answer five points (50 points) Please answer the following in three to five sentences. 1. Economic Development- economic development is or can be described as the progress in the economy. Things that can improve the economy or development 2. What is a corporation
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communicate in a common language across the islands‚ there were some dialect differences. Descendants of these peoples still live throughout the Caribbean and beyond. The Taino were subsistence farmers growing food mainly for their own needs. Tainos in Hispaniola also blocked inland rivers to make artificial fish ponds. Yet‚ Tainos did not rely on field crops for all their food. The only domestic animal known to Tainos was a small dog which was fattened on maize meal and then eaten as a great delicacy. The
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were the Arawak Indians‚ and the island they were on was the Bahama Islands. The Arawaks gave them food‚ water‚ and incredible gifts. Columbus took some of the natives as prisoners so they could show him where the gold was. They took him to Hispaniola. Hispaniola‚ as Columbus reported‚ was beautiful‚ fertile‚ filled with gold and other metals. Columbus had promised Spain and investors gold‚ but there wasn’t much gold to be found. He ordered that Indians ages fourteen and over to collect gold. After
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TERM PAPER "The First Bahamians: Lucayan Migration through the Caribbean" BY KINNARD MEADOWS 000-03-4038 COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORY 112 TO MR. STEPHEN B. ARANHA 032006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . ... ..Page 1-2 Chapter 1 .. Page 3-4 Chapter 2 . . Page 5-7 Conclusion . . ... Page 8 Bibliography .. .... Page
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History * The Taino - indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of the Europeans - divided the island into five chiefdoms and territories. * Christopher COLUMBUS explored and claimed the island on his first voyage in 1492; it became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. * In 1697‚ Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island‚ which in 1804 became Haiti. * The remainder of the island‚ by then known as
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many methods the Spaniards used against the the native Americans to force them to perform hard labor. With the slaves Columbus obtained from the Bahamas‚ he sailed with them to Cuba‚ and then Hispaniola. On the shores of Hispaniola there were bits of gold visible in the river and tribe leader on Hispaniola presented a gold mask to him. Columbus
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Haiti - and the island of Hispaniola as a whole - lies on the boundary between two major tectonic plates‚ Caribbean and North America‚ which slide past each other at a speed of about 2 cm/year (Figure D). This relative motion causes the build up of pressure on several faults lines
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Tainos: And their impact on the Caribbean Outline Thesis Statement: The Taino Indians‚ a unique group in Hispaniola‚ made many contributions to the Caribbean that are still shared and practiced in modern-day society. Introduction I. Background A. Definition of Taino B. Culture / Lifestyle II. History A. Housing / dress B. Food / agriculture C. Transportation
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Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic Comparing Two Sister Countries They say the grass is always greener on the other side‚ for Haiti this saying seems to be true. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola‚ but are completely different in many ways. Haiti is the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and almost all of its people live in poverty‚ while the Dominican Republic is one of the wealthier countries. In 1960‚ both countries had the same per capita real GDP but in
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