![]() ![]() The natives were primitive, without armor or even clothes. With more than tens of thousands of Taino warriors assembled to wage war against 200 Spaniards. It markets the outbreak of the 1495 wars during the early period of the Spanish conquest of the New World (Deagan, & María, 5). The Spanish rule compelled the Guarionex, and other Taino leaders decided that the aggression and the harsh Spanish governance system was not welcome, and organized war against the colonizers. Columbus’s brother, however, attacked the Taino by surprise at night, capturing fourteen Taino chiefs. Some groups of Taino did not approve of collaboration as a realistic approach and advocated to form another uprising with the support of Francisco Roldan, the Taino under Guarionex planned attacks on fort Conception. historical literature argues that the remaining Taino chiefs adopted collaboration to evade the aggression and demand of tribute in gold Spanish attitude. Columbus established a series of other forts in Hispaniola upon his return and defeated Caonabo and his brother. The first fort to be constructed on the Island was the La Navidad fort, which was destroyed by Taino under the leadership of Caonabo. The natives of the new world, the Taino, formed a resistance group that rebelled against the Spanish rule and carried out Attacks on Forts in Hispaniola. ![]() This was what Columbus learned when he returned to Navidad in 1493. Caonabo, lord of the mines and leader of Taino, killed them and set the fort and all houses on fire, forcing the remaining men into the sea to draw while others were murdered onshore. Therefore, they divided some groups left with women to the gold mines. Calamity struck as soon as Columbus left because the engaged in immorality and wanted gold for themselves. It was at this point that he departed to gather the promised gold as he was confident that his people could subdue any resistance and rebellion staged by the Island population, which he described cowardly and naked. Columbus noted in his journal, “I have ordered a tower and fortress to be constructed and, a large cellar, not because I believe there is any necessity on account of the natives, Taino population” (Pohl, 31). La Navidad fort was the first effort to establish the Spanish colony in the New World in the age of discovery, although it was destroyed in 1492. However, the Taino sunk the ship deporting their leaders as a last resort to resist Columbus and Spaniard’s oppression. The Taino had little knowledge about armed warfare, and the rescue against armed soldiers on horses turned into a massacre of Taino in 1494, the leaders were captured and deported to Spain along with Caonabo (Altman, 23). The Taino under Manicatex mobilized over seven hundred people to attack the Spaniards and rescue Caonabo. Caonabo was requested to appear in Isabela to sign a peace treaty, and when he arrived, he was imprisoned. Still, he used treachery orchestrated by Alonso de Hojeda, who lured Caonabo with gifts and word of friendship to win his trust (Anderson-Córdova, 17). They were prepared to wage armed warfare against the Taino. Several forts were built stretching to the goldfield of Vega Real in the center of the Island. The Taino revolt gave Columbus sleepless nights during his settlement to the eastern section of Espanola and the building of the town of Isabella in 1494. My paper will examine the Resistance and Rebellion of Early Spanish Conquest and Colonization (1492-1550). The Spaniards stale local people’s properties, raped women and underage girls, and the awareness that the powerful Spaniards intended to remain in the Island formed the cause of the revolt and rebellion. The reason for hostility and the revolt was the activities and behavior of foreigners on the Island. ![]() When Columbus returned to Navidad, he learned with shock that Taino killed all his men in a revolt that spearheaded by Caonabo, chief of the Maguana, which is cacique in the heart of the Island (Altman, 21). The local people were thought to be destitute of weapons and cowardly as they walked naked. He left Navidad under the custody of his men. Columbus was in charge of the conquest of the Taino. The Taino people were depicted as peaceful during the Spanish invasion, but they did not sit around as the Spaniards destroy their country. ![]() Resistance against the Spanish conquest started with the killing of Spanish troops and the destruction of fort La Navidad, in 1493 mandated by the Taino cacique, Caonabo. Resistance and Rebellion to Early Spanish Conquest and Colonization (1492-1550 ![]()
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