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    The Europeans had a devastating impact on the indigenous peoples through systems of forced labor and enslavement like the repartimiento and encomienda systems. This led to genocide as indigenous populations decreased substantially under Spanish rule. New diseases also killed many indigenous people who lacked immunity. Indigenous families, agriculture, and sovereignty were destroyed as the Europeans exploited the land and peoples for their own gain.

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    The Europeans had a devastating impact on the indigenous peoples through systems of forced labor and enslavement like the repartimiento and encomienda systems. This led to genocide as indigenous populations decreased substantially under Spanish rule. New diseases also killed many indigenous people who lacked immunity. Indigenous families, agriculture, and sovereignty were destroyed as the Europeans exploited the land and peoples for their own gain.

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    The Europeans had a devastating impact on the indigenous peoples through systems of forced labor and enslavement like the repartimiento and encomienda systems. This led to genocide as indigenous populations decreased substantially under Spanish rule. New diseases also killed many indigenous people who lacked immunity. Indigenous families, agriculture, and sovereignty were destroyed as the Europeans exploited the land and peoples for their own gain.

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    Impact of the Europeans on the indigenous peoples

    Forced labour or systems of enslavement were introduced.


     Repartamiento system – a percentage of the indigenous male population between the ages of 18 and
    60 were recruited to work for a Spaniard who desired their work, for a week or fortnight. However,
    they were hardly ever paid.
     Encomienda system – smaller groups of indigenous people were allocated to a few privileged
    Spaniards (known as encomenderos). The encomendero was granted a parcel of land, with the right to
    exact tribute (usually in the form of labour or crops, or both) from the indigenous people living on the
    land. In return he was expected to convert them to Christianity and protect them.
    Genocide (that is, the wiping out of an entire ethnic or racial group) took place.
     The indigenous populations decreased considerably under Spanish rule until only minority groups
    existed throughout the Caribbean region.

    New types of diseases were introduced.


     Indigenous peoples were not immune to diseases such as smallpox and chicken pox.

    Taino families were broken up.


     Adult males were moved from place to place by Spaniards. Many Kalinago males were killed in wars
    with the Spaniards.

    Indigenous agricultural systems were destroyed.


     The production of crops by indigenous peoples was affected. The Spanish brought animals such as
    cattle, horses, sheep and goats, which trampled the fields. Often these animals were placed to graze on
    the agricultural fields.

    Infanticide was carried out.


     Many parents preferred to kill their babies because they did want them to grow up under such
    conditions.

    Taino women were sexually exploited.

    Decline in the indigenous population - There was an increase in the mortality rate and a decrease in the
    birth rate.

    The indigenous peoples lost their land and their sovereignty. They were no longer in control of their own
    affairs. They were ruled by the Spanish and did not have the freedom they were accustomed to before.

    There were changes in indigenous religious practices due to the forced conversion to Christianity.
    There was a breakdown of Amerindian culture as the Taino and Kalinago had to conform to European
    way of life.

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