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The once powerful Spanish Empire was hanging onto a thread as Cuba and Puerto Rico were their last two major colonies. Tension between the Cuban people and the Spaniards had been building since the beginning of Spanish reign over the island in 1492. One of the leading issues was the “impact of increased taxation and an international economic crisis” (LOC). Spain was exploiting Cuba for its sugar plantations and treating the locals very poorly. This poor treatment and taxation by Spain would lead to the “Ten Years' War” (LOC), from 1868 to 1878, in which the Cubans

Puerto Rico is an island that is impacted by not having enough land for cultivation. The Three thousand four hundred and ninety-two square miles of this island is about seventy-five percent hills or mountains (Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States b). With the large amount of land consisting of hill or mountains, Puerto Rico has limited amounts of natural resources. While under Spanish colonial rule, the island was largely neglected because of its limited mineral resources. Following the Spanish-American war in 1898, the U.S. took over control of the island. The U.S. found itself in control of an island that produced small scale amounts of sugar and coffee. The U.S would then expand the sugarcane operations and establish markets to use as a viable trade resource.

To begin, it is important to know about the history of Cuba to fully comprehend how things came to be as they are today. Since the Conquest and Colonization Era (1492-1898), many of the prominent European countries and the powerful neighbor to the north of Cuba, the United States of America, have attempted to take control of the land. It first began with the Spanish conquistadors, specifically Diego Velázquez, who was the first to explore and settle the land. Up until the end of the 19th century, the Spanish monarch was the authoritative figure overseeing the land and

Since the demand was so high, the manufacturers were faced with maintaining a high crop yield, but luckily the Caribbean islands provided an ideal location for growing cane sugar. Once plantations were constructed yet

Cuba has been the source of controversy for decades. Between events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s and the country’s ongoing Communist dictatorship, this island nation has not always been thought of as an appealing place to visit. However, Cuba’s physical and human geography, especially when coupled with the lifting of the US embargo, give it the potential to be a prime tourism destination.

Today the island stands as a top tourist attraction in America. The island has a Immigration Museum. On the island there's a self-guided tour around the Island to see everything you wish.

Although both Cuba and Mexico have Spaniard influence that is the most they have in relation to each other historically. Not much of Cuba is known before the arrival of the Spaniards in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, upon arrival there were no indigenous peoples on the island. Where in Mexico there plenty of indigenous people from Aztecs, Mayans, to Tzotzil. When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico in 1529 there were natives roaming around everywhere. After the arrival of the Spaniards in Cuba, the island was being used as a slave stop before

Two of the islands which were best fit for cane sugar’s growth were Jamaica and Barbados (Doc. 2). Their soil and yearly temperature made it so that growing the crop was easier to do. During the heyday of the sugar trade, both Jamaica and Barbados were under English rule (Doc. 1). Due to their connection with England, some of the most successful plantations were run by Englishmen. One of these Englishmen was Charles Long, who at the time, held the largest amount of Jamaican land of any English plantation owner (Doc. 7). He and others took advantage of the ideal climate of the area, making the sugar trade thrive. As plantation owners were getting wealthier, the demand for sugar was also on the

Cuba, officially known as the Republic of Cuba (which it, most assuredly, is not), is a large island nation located in the northern part of the Caribbean Sea, closer to the United States than Latin America. Historically, Cuba was inhabited by indigenous Americans, of which the Taíno comprised the dominant culture on the island (Dacal Moure and Rivero de la Calle, 1996). From the time of Columbus until 1898, Cuba was governed by Spain, and its agricultural economy relied on the importation of African slaves (Suchlicki, 2002). The people of Cuba are, at this time, an intermixture of these three ethnic groups, though people with lighter colored skin are generally in the higher socioeconomic strata, meaning which in Cuba means either professionals

Cuba is an awesome place to visit it has lots of mountains you can climb or hike, if you like baseball you can watch Cuba's team play or even soccer. I will talk about Geography, history, government, economy and people.

Christopher Columbus reached Cuba on October twenty-eighth, 1492 (García, The Colonial Era). Twenty years later in 1510, the conquest of Cuba began (García, The Colonial Era). Then after one year of the Spanish exploring Cuba, Diego Velázquez was appointed as the governor of Cuba (García, The Colonial Era). He then crushed all indigenous resistances easily (García, The Colonial Era). The had much better weapons than the Cubans, like metal weapons and guns (García, The Colonial Era). The Spanish brutally killed thousands of native Cubans without hesitation.

Over the course of the semester, I gained great knowledge about Cuba, including many factors that have influenced the way its current society functions. There are many different components that helped configure Cuba’s history and the customs and traditions that Cubans still follow today. Some of the specific factors I find have heavily influenced Cuban culture are: economy, race, wealth, religion, and cultural traditions. Like many countries, Cubans were directly affected by religious beliefs and culture. Cuba became the center of the world’s attention in 1492 when Christopher Columbus set sail for Asia, only to land in what was then declared the New World.

The Caribbean is a vastly diverse area representing the effects of colonialism, slavery, and the combination of many cultures.

Once the Spanish had gained an abundance of wealth from the conquest of the Aztecs and the Inca empires, they turned their land into major settlements and trade. Agricultural development increased to produce sugar. Cuba was open to unrestricted free trade, including but not limited to the escalation of Cuban slave trade. When Britain ended slavery in their West Indies colonies in the 1830s, their production in sugar declined rapidly. This resulted to Cuba’s escalation in the manufacture of sugar and slave use. The African slave trade was fundamental to the sugar economy and the fear of rebellion from slaves kept any separatist movements from breaking out until the 1860s. It wasn’t until the Ten Year’s War that there was any development in the abolition of slavery. Cubra Libre, the republic in arms, had declared that the slavery system be abolished in the areas that they controlled. To be free meant that they had to fight in the rebellion as well. Spain then passed a law in 1871 that gave freedom to children born to slave mothers in order to avoid a declination of population. There was also abolitionist pressure from outer powers after the end of the United States Civil War in 1865. Their emancipation and pressure from British abolitionists had forcefully made it impossible for Cuba to

Cuba is an island nation that was adopted in 1902. One third of it consists of mountains and rolling hills. It lies in the West Indies, and is said to be a beautiful island. Havana is Cuba’s capital, and the center of government for Cuba. Some important cities are Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. Santiago de Cuba is near the south-eastern area of Cuba, and has a population of about half a million people. It’s considered the second most important city in Cuba, probably because it’s an important sea port. Camagüey is the fourth largest city in Cuba, according to Wikipedia. The symbol of Camagüey is a clay pot, mainly because there are clay pots everywhere. They can be very small, or very big. They’re used to capture rainwater to be