🌍 Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492.
👋 The Spanish had their first contact with Native Americans in the Caribbean.
🕯️ Columbus noticed a light that indicated the presence of land.
🌍 Christopher Columbus and his crew landed somewhere in the Bahamas in 1492, claiming the land for Spain.
🌴 Upon landing, Columbus saw trees and diverse fruits, while the Taino people watched from behind trees and bushes.
💎 Columbus searched for gold for two months and later approached the second largest island in the Caribbean.
🗺️ Christopher Columbus discovered America and encountered the Taino tribe.
⚔️ The sailors left behind at La Navidad misbehaved, leading to their elimination by the Taino tribe.
🏰 Columbus vowed to retaliate and built more fortified places, including a city.
🌍 Christopher Columbus arrived in America in 1493 and began to exploit the indigenous Taino people.
⛏️ The Tainos were forced to work in gold mines and provide a tribute of gold or cotton to the Spaniards.
💔 The Tainos suffered from violence, starvation, epidemics, and drastic population decline under Spanish rule.
🌍 Christopher Columbus discovered America.
⚖️ Columbus and his brothers were found guilty of crimes against the natives and Spaniards.
🚫 Columbus was forbidden to visit a certain place but continued exploring the Caribbean.
🌍 Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquest of America.
👑 Taino indigenous leaders who resisted the Spanish colonizers.
⚔️ Enrique, a resilient Taino leader who started a revolt against the Spaniards.
📜 The Tainos rebelled against the Spaniards, using guerrilla warfare tactics due to their better knowledge of the region.
🗺️ Spain's monarch granted the Tainos freedom and possession rights, and they settled in the mountains with their leader and followers.
💔 The Taino population rapidly declined due to European diseases, and by the end of the century, they were officially reported extinct.
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