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what factors motivated the europeans to explore and settle in the caribbean up until the 17 century
the settled in dominica puerto rico etc.
Amerindians settled in the Caribbean. They migrated there and the 2 main groups, Awaraks and Caribs were the ones to settle in Caribbean.
The Caribs settled in Caribbean countries such as Anguilla,Barbados,St.Lucia and St.Vincent and The Grenadines
Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Jamaica
The first Caribbean island settled by Amerindians was likely Hispaniola, which is now divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The indigenous Taíno people were the first to inhabit the island around 2600 BC.
He arrived to the beaches of what now is the Republic of Santo Domingo in the Caribbean in 1492.
i think it was because they where running away from the Caribs and looking for new land
The American Colonization Society was intent on helping African Americans re-settle in Africa.
The Arawaks settled throughout the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean, including present-day Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the island that comprises the modern-day countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico. They also inhabited parts of the Lesser Antilles, such as Trinidad and the Virgin Islands.
The Incas actually settled somewhere off the coast of Afghanistan with Johnny Depp and his pirate crew.