Why are there no Tainos in Jamaica today?

Answer 1

The Spanish took over Jamaica. The tainos were taken over by the Spanish became slaves.

Answer 2

The Spaniards arrived in 1492. After initially friendly relationships, the Taínos resisted the conquest, led by the female Chief Anacaona of Xaragua and her ex-husband Chief Caonabo of Maguana, as well as Chiefs Guacanagaríx, Guamá, Hatuey, and Enriquillo. The latter's successes gained his people an autonomous enclave for a time on the island. Nevertheless, within a few years after 1492 the population of Taínos had declined drastically, due tosmallpox, measles and other diseases that arrived with the Europeans, and from other causes discussed below. The first recorded smallpox outbreak in the Americas occurred on Hispaniola in 1507.The last record of pure Taínos in the country was from 1864. Still, Taíno biological heritage survived to an important extent, due to intermixing. Census records from 1514 reveal that 40% of Spanish men in the colony had Taíno wives,and some present-day Dominicans have Taíno ancestry."By 1535, say the leading scholars on this grim topic for all practical purposes, the native population was extinct." Remnants of the Taino culture include their cave paintings,as well as pottery designs which are still used in the small artisan village of Higüerito, Moca.

Answer 3

The Spanish took over Jamaica. The tainos were taken over by the Spanish became slaves.

Answer 4

This is because when the Spanish came in 1494, they overworked the Tainos beyond their limit and killed them.

Answer 5

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