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HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. TAINOS. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. TAINOS CARIBS. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. TAINOS CARIBS CIBONEY. BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. TAINOS CARIBS CIBONEY ARAWAKS. THE COLONIAL ERA. SPANISH arrive in 1492.
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BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT • TAINOS
BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT • TAINOS • CARIBS
BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT • TAINOS • CARIBS • CIBONEY
BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT • TAINOS • CARIBS • CIBONEY • ARAWAKS
THE COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH arrive in 1492
THE COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH arrive in 1492 • They take over the islands and enslave the aborignal peoples
THE COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH arrive in 1492 • They take over the islands and enslave the aborignal peoples • Aboriginals are worked so hard, and treated so poorly, they almost become extinct
THE COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH arrive in 1492 • They take over the islands and enslave the aborignal peoples • Aboriginals are worked so hard, and treated so poorly, they almost become extinct • To replace the workers, they start to import slaves from Africa.
THE COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH arrive in 1492 • They take over the islands and enslave the aborignal peoples • Aboriginals are worked so hard, and treated so poorly, they almost become extinct • To replace the workers, they start to import slaves from Africa. • SLAVE TRIANGLE
THE COLONIAL ERA • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit
THE COLONIAL ERA • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit • BRITISH • FRENCH • DUTCH
THE COLONIAL ERA • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit • BRITISH • FRENCH • DUTCH • Many wars between the Europeans in the Caribbean
THE COLONIAL ERA • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit • BRITISH • FRENCH • DUTCH • Many wars between the Europeans in the Caribbean
THE COLONIAL ERA • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800’s
THE COLONIAL ERA • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800’s • INDENTURED LABOURERS imported from India and China
THE COLONIAL ERA • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800’s • INDENTURED LABOURERS imported from India and China • INDENTURED LABOURERS were paid very little, and lived in poor conditions. (almost like slavery)
THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH-AMERICAN war ends in 1899
THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH-AMERICAN war ends in 1899 • AMERICANS gain political and military control of all remaining Spanish occupied Caribbean Islands.
THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA • SPANISH-AMERICAN war ends in 1899 • AMERICANS gain political and military control of all remaining Spanish occupied Caribbean Islands. • TODAY: most of the Caribbean economy is under the control of the USA.