Spanish conquest of Hispaniola

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colonial war event in the Age of Discovery military conquest

The Spanish conquest of Hispaniola was the late 15th- and early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the indigenous Taíno population on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, establishing one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas.

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Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war ⓘ event in the Age of Discovery ⓘ military conquest ⓘ
cause	Spanish imperial expansion ⓘ religious motives including Christianization of indigenous peoples ⓘ search for gold and other resources ⓘ
commander	Bartholomew Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicolás de Ovando NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish conquistadors NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
effect	creation of a plantation-based colonial economy ⓘ demographic collapse of the indigenous population ⓘ establishment of Santo Domingo as an early Spanish colonial capital ⓘ introduction of European legal and political institutions in Hispaniola ⓘ near-destruction of Taíno society ⓘ
endTime	early 16th century ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSources	Spanish ⓘ Taíno NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 16th century ⓘ late 15th century ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	African slaves ⓘ Spaniards NERFINISHED ⓘ Taíno people NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Caciques of Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ Taíno people NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	European colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ beginning of large-scale forced labor of indigenous people ⓘ establishment of Spanish colonial rule on Hispaniola ⓘ expansion of Spanish influence in the Caribbean ⓘ foundation of one of Spain’s first permanent colonies in the Americas ⓘ introduction of the encomienda system ⓘ rapid decline of the indigenous Taíno population ⓘ subjugation of the Taíno population ⓘ
significantEvent	Taíno resistance under caciques such as Caonabo and Anacaona ⓘ early importation of enslaved Africans to Hispaniola ⓘ founding of La Isabela ⓘ founding of La Navidad ⓘ founding of Santo Domingo ⓘ introduction of Old World diseases to Hispaniola ⓘ massacres and reprisals against Taíno communities ⓘ suppression of Taíno uprisings ⓘ
startTime	1492 ⓘ

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Spanish conquest of Cuba → precededBy → Spanish conquest of Hispaniola ⓘ