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Period: 1200 to 1500
Taino Chiefdoms appear in Caribbean after first sedentary settlements
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1492
Colombus arrives in the Bahamas
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1514
Santiago, Cuba founded
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1550
Encomienda System Abolished
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British Colonize Bermuda
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English Conquer Jamaica
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English take Jamaica from Spain
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Treaty of Ryswick gave French rights to Hispaniola (Haiti); ends Nine Years' War
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Spanish take direct Control of Cuba
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Slave Rebellion Against French in Haiti
Establishing Haiti as the oldest free black republic -
Haiti Recognized by France as Independent
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Dominican Republic Declares Independence from Haiti
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Dutch Empire Abolishes Slavery
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Puerto Rican Slaves Freed and Compensated by the Spanish
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Dictator Saget first Haitian President to serve term and retire in Haiti