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    Oppressed Religion. Since the beginning of time‚ human beings have created various cultural categories that have helped with the development of today’s society. Within the Caribbean society‚ it has been the Taínos job to develop these cultural characteristics that through time have evolved and have been part of our daily lives. Fishing‚ hunting‚ farming are cultural and labor traditions passed down to today’s society and have evolved due to new technology. Religion on the other hand‚ is one of

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    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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    exploring Cuba and was greeted with an accurate representation of what Indians were really like in North America in 1492. (Schaller et al.‚ American Horizons‚ p.20‚ 2017.) They‚ specifically the Tainos‚ warned Columbus of some violent encounters that may come with his explorations. They warned of another group [Caribs] of how violent they were‚ how savage they were‚ and Columbus took this information and saw first hand how true this was. Soon‚ message would get back to Spain and the European’s perception

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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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