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Summarize the interaction the people of the Caribbean, Aztec, and Inca had with the exploring Spanish.

To stay in the trading business in the Caribbean, the Spanish decided to recruit the Taino to mine gold. There wasn't much gold though. To get the Taino to mine they set up an institution called encomiendas which were land grants to Spanish settlers with total control over local people. Encomenderos (Spanish people) looked after the Tainos health, welfare, and encouraged them to convert to Christianity.Heavy Taino population decline happened when smallpox reached the Caribbean region. To replace the dead Taino people, encomenderos raided towns to kidnap and enslave Tainos and other peoples. All this did was increase the decline of the indigenous people's population.

Spanish fighting the Incas

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