In our contemporary society The Caribbean is seen as the go to tourist destination; a warm, carefree and glamorous destination, a place that any sane person would love to be. It’s so much of a hot spot that businessmen like Donald Trump have made the Caribbean a target for many business endeavors, especially in the Spanish Caribbean. The Caribbean is a region southeast of the Americas, it consists of more than 7,000 individual islands and independent island countries that all speak a plethora of different languages and dialects. Each island in the Caribbean has its own unique history, although there are some shared characteristics. The Spanish Caribbean – our region of interest-- on the other hand consists of Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,
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They were separated into groups, the repartimientos and the encomiendos. The two groups were very different when it came to approach and lifestyles but, were both equally marginalized by Colombus and his followers. Both groups were forced into slavery and many died from illness and being overworked with labor that they had never really been accustomed to. In my opinion the enslavement of the indigenous people was fueled by economics, but wasn’t well thought out. I say this because, of the simple fact they hadn’t really analyzed the work ethic of the Indians, not that I am justifying slavery but merely saying this to say as business men the colonizers were not wise, at …show more content…
The Europeans described them as savages, to say the least. The Indians were marginalized because of there cultural practices. They were forced to compromise many of there beliefs to come to the standard of the Europeans. They were often labeled with many titles; dumb, humble, cannibals, ect. All of the things stated had a common reason for why they weren’t true. They were all flawed statements because of the simple fact that the colonizers didn’t speak the same language as the Indians so every thing was based off of perception. You can never really know/understand something if you don’t get the first hand account.
In Cuba they practically monopolized an industry and showed that their culture can translate into economics. Cuba was a humongous hub for tobacco and sugar More than just economics changes society as a whole did because they began to see the power in what they had. In my theory the advancement in the actual industry help the country as a whole. In my opinion, Tobacco helped Cuba develop the identity it
They were separated into groups, the repartimientos and the encomiendos. The two groups were very different when it came to approach and lifestyles but, were both equally marginalized by Colombus and his followers. Both groups were forced into slavery and many died from illness and being overworked with labor that they had never really been accustomed to. In my opinion the enslavement of the indigenous people was fueled by economics, but wasn’t well thought out. I say this because, of the simple fact they hadn’t really analyzed the work ethic of the Indians, not that I am justifying slavery but merely saying this to say as business men the colonizers were not wise, at …show more content…
The Europeans described them as savages, to say the least. The Indians were marginalized because of there cultural practices. They were forced to compromise many of there beliefs to come to the standard of the Europeans. They were often labeled with many titles; dumb, humble, cannibals, ect. All of the things stated had a common reason for why they weren’t true. They were all flawed statements because of the simple fact that the colonizers didn’t speak the same language as the Indians so every thing was based off of perception. You can never really know/understand something if you don’t get the first hand account.
In Cuba they practically monopolized an industry and showed that their culture can translate into economics. Cuba was a humongous hub for tobacco and sugar More than just economics changes society as a whole did because they began to see the power in what they had. In my theory the advancement in the actual industry help the country as a whole. In my opinion, Tobacco helped Cuba develop the identity it