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Title: HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN


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HISTORYOF THE CARIBBEAN
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BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
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BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
  • TAINOS

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BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
  • TAINOS
  • CARIBS

5
BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
  • TAINOS
  • CARIBS
  • CIBONEY

6
BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT
  • TAINOS
  • CARIBS
  • CIBONEY
  • ARAWAKS

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THE COLONIAL ERA
  • SPANISH arrive in 1492

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THE COLONIAL ERA
  • SPANISH arrive in 1492
  • They take over the islands and enslave the
    aborignal peoples

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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

10
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.

11
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

12
THE COLONIAL ERA
  • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the
    Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit

13
THE COLONIAL ERA
  • OTHER EUROPEANS realize the value of the
    Caribbean for sugar, tea, coffee, and fruit
  • BRITISH
  • FRENCH
  • DUTCH

14
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

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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

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THE COLONIAL ERA
  • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800s

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THE COLONIAL ERA
  • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800s
  • INDENTURED LABOURERS imported from India and
    China

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THE COLONIAL ERA
  • SLAVERY ABOLISHED in the 1800s
  • INDENTURED LABOURERS imported from India and
    China
  • INDENTURED LABOURERS were paid very little, and
    lived in poor conditions. (almost like slavery)

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THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA
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THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA
  • SPANISH-AMERICAN war ends in 1899

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THE NEO-COLONIAL ERA
  • SPANISH-AMERICAN war ends in 1899
  • AMERICANS gain political and military control of
    all remaining Spanish occupied Caribbean Islands.

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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.
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