FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Decline of Native pop. through slave labor in the Mines, spread of diseases
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Natives maintained control of their government.
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Natives were able to highlight their culture without being persecuted against
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The Spanish left the Americas after they discovered the West Indies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish colonization however had major negative impacts on the indigenous people that settled in Trinidad such as the decrease of the population, family separation, starvation and the lost of their culture and tradition. The most prominent amongst them all was genocide and annihilation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spain’s arrival in the New World resulted in widespread death and depopulation for the native people of the Western Hemisphere. The conquistadors killed many Native Americans in raids and wars, and they also brought with them deadly epidemic diseases such as measles and smallpox.
Detailed explanation-3: -Altered Lifestyles The Spanish altered Indian life in many ways. Their intrusion resulted in changing tribal customs and religious traditions. Tribal alliances were shifted and new rivalries were developed. Indians lost their land, their families, and their lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the exact impact of Old World diseases on the Indigenous populations of the Americas is impossible to know, historians have estimated that between 80 and 95 percent of them were decimated within the first 100-150 years after 1492.