History of The Caribbean For Kids | Bedtime History

The Caribbean is made up of three main island chains, they are called the Lesser and Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles includes a chain of islands that begins in Trinidad in the south and ends in the three US Virgin Islands. in the north, the Greater Antilles. consists of Hispaniola Cuba Jamaica and Puerto Rico the Bahamas are north of Hispaniola and Cuba the first group of people believed to have lived on the Caribbean islands where the savonius who arrived there almost four or four five thousand years ago, the tienose and the Caribs were two groups of people who lived on the islands, they had come from America thousands of years before the Caribs were a warrior tribe and they had long black hair, they dressed with feathers and necklaces made with the teeth of their victims and painted their bodies red.

They fished and hunted for food and lived in thatched shelters. At one point the Caribs began to expel the Thais from the islands. The Caribs were generally more peaceful and were farmers who grew cassava and sweet potatoes. They were also excellent hunters who used bows and arrows to shoot their prey. The Caribbean was discovered by Europeans when Christopher Columbus in 1492, in search of a new trade route to the east, found them, landed in the Bahamas and called the island San Salvador, he thought. who had found the Spice Islands of the West Indies and because of his mistake Spain named them that and they have the same name today when Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas the people who lived there also called the indigenous peoples he called them Indians they were made up of carob and Thai nose Queen Elizabeth of Spain Do not allow the slavery of some of these people, that has happened anyway.

Spain's first settlement was on Hispaniola in 1493. Their main interest in the islands was gold and the extraction of other precious metals and here the Spanish built fortresses to protect what they considered their own territory. For this reason, other European countries could not settle in these areas, but they did take some of the settlements where the Spanish were not as strong, for example, the British colonized Barbados and the French took Martinique and Guadeloupe and the Dutch controlled our Reuben. street. Martin and some other islands in the 17th century, unfortunately most of the natives who lived on these islands were forced to be slaves to work for the colonists and eventually most of them died due to diseases and the poor treatment they received. of the Caribbean islands were perfect for growing sugar, so sugar plantations began to become very popular, but because the natives had died, they were no longer slaves to cultivate the land, for this reason the slavers moved to Africa and began to kidnap people there and force them to work. slavery in the Caribbean over ten million African slaves were taken by ship to the Caribbean to be slaves on the sugar plantations, they were so packed onto the ships that often 12% of them died on the way once they reached the islands where they were auctioned off and traded due to the cruelty with which they were treated, many of these slaves escaped or led revolts and started their own communities away from the plantations to this day, many of the people living on the islands are descendants of these slaves in the 19th century, slavery was also banned by the British and eventually the French, the Dutch and the Spanish, the cost of producing sugar also increased so there was a decline in production at this time in 1789.

Slaves led by 2-a sont love grittier rebelled and took control of their own country of Haiti and later. became independent from France in 1804 after Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba also became independent along with Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean is also known for its pirate

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in the early 17th century. The pirates made their home on many of the islands that many of them farmed. cattle and they marketed it, that's where the name Buccaneers comes from because they cured the meat in ovens called boot cons. They lived in small clans and were made up of different origins.

Many found their base of operations in Tortuga off the coast of Haiti. From here they ventured and attacked. ships to steal their goods Nowadays, the Caribbean is more civilized and has become a tourist destination for people from all over the world. Its large hotels cater to visitors who want to come spend time on the beaches, enjoy the warm crystal clear waters, and engage in other water activities such as snorkeling and diving. The Caribbean is also known as a prime destination for cruise ships that dock constantly to unload tourists and enjoy the beautiful tropical climate and scenery of the islands.

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