THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD

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THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD

• GENOCIDE

• EUROPES CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEW WORLD

• Historians estimate that by the arrival of the
  spanish, in 1492, the Taino population in the
  caribbean island of Hispaniola was approximately
  one million inhabitants. By the year 1524 the
  hispaniola native population was estimated at
  about 500 natives

1 million
To 500 in about 30 years
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• MAIN POINTS OF DISCUSSION
• TAINO BACKGROUND
• THE SPANISH ARRIVAL
• GENOCIDE AND CONSECUENCE

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• TAINO BACKGROUND
• A pre-Colombian indigenous inhabitants of
  Bahamas, Greater Antilles and some of the Lesser
  Antilles.
• Two different schools of thought exist in regards
  to their origin
• Brazillian origin
• Colombian Andes origin

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• TAINO BACKGROUND
• At the time of Columbus arrival there were five
  Taino Cacicazgos(Chiefstainship)
• The word Taino means Good or Noble. Columbus was
  responsible for this given name
• Natives from other locations were called Arawak
• Our main area of concentration is on the
  inhabitants of Hispaniola(Dominican
  republic/Haiti)

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Hispaniola
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THE TAINO FACE
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This was the BOHIO, the Taino home
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• TAINO BACKGROUND
• Their diet was from agriculture, fishing and
  hunting
• The crop growing technique, CONUCO, still in use
  today
• Taino words barbacoa(barbeque), hamaca(hammock),
  canoa(canoe), tabaco(tobacco), huracan(hurricane)
• Their religion was known as Zemis. The worship
  of different gods, spirits or ancestors

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THE TAINO GODS
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THE SPANISH ARRIVAL ON OCTOBER 12, 1492
COLUMBUS ARRIVED IN THE BAHAMAS FIRST ISLAND
NAMED SAN SALVADOR (SAINT SAVIOR) CUBA WAS
NAMED JUANA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/HAITI WERE NAMED
HISPANIOLA, WERE HE SETTLED MANY HISTORIANS
DISPUTE COLUMBUS REAL INTENTIONS
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THE SPANISH ARRIVAL COLUMBUS ATROCITIES ARE
WELL DOCUMENTED UPON ARRIVAL AT HISPANIOLA GOLD
WAS PRESENT AT THE NORTH COAST MANY NATIVES
DIED AS CONCECUENCE OF SEEKING GOLD COLUMBUS
WAS RELIEVED OF GOVERNORSHIP AND JAILED
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GENOCIDE AND CONSECUENCE THIS DISCOVERY BROUGHT
MODERNISM AND ALSO DISEASE WEAPONRY SLAVERY MALI
CE ERRADICATION SUICIDE EUROPEANS CLAIM THAT
THEIR QUEST WAS DRIVEN BY RELIGION NATIVES WERE
FORCED TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANISM NATIVES WERE
FORCED TO PAY TRIBUTE/TAX IN GOLD AND
COTTON ENRIQUILLO LED THE TAINOS OF HISPANIOLA
ON THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL REVOLT
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HATUEY WAS A CHIEF WHO LEFT HISPANIOLA FOR CUBA
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THE SADDEST PART IN OUR BACKGROUND, THE TAINO
GENE IS NON-EXISTENT. UNLIKE MANY SOUTH AMERICAN
COUNTRIES, THE CARRIBBEAN NATIVE POPULATION WAS
ERRADICATED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MANY
HAVE CONCLUDED THAT NOT ALL WAS BAD. CHRISTIAN
RELIGION REACHED AN ECUMENICAL LEVEL, MODERNISM
SOON AFFECTED THE NEW WORLD. STILL CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
EXPLOITATION AND DISTRUCTION OF A RACE ON THIS
REGION. TODAY, MANY CHOOSE TO NOT CELEBRATE
COLUMBUS DAY. INSTEAD, OCTOBER 12TH HAS BECOME A
DAY OF SADNESS AND MOURNING FOR THOSE WHO FEEL SO
FERVOUSLY REGARDING THE GENOCIDE OF THE NEW
WORLD