Tainos
What year did they come to Jamaica?
650 AD
What year did they come to the Caribbean?
1494, 1624
When did the African came to the Caribbean?
1650-1660
When did they come to the Caribbean?
1838 and in the 1850's
Were the Tainos the first inhabitants of Jamaica?
yes
Why did the Spanish come to the Caribbean ?
For wealth-To find gold, silver and spices.
Who took them to the Caribbean?
The British/English
Why did they come?
They came as Indentured labourers
Where did the Tainos come to the Caribbean from?
South America
The English and Spanish are from the continent of ________
Europe
Why were they taken to the Caribbean?
To work as slaves on plantations
What continent did they come from?
Asia
They wore very little clothes _________ .
yes
They Brought buns, bread, pastries, cakes and cookies to the Caribbean.....____
The English
They helped us to be free from ___________ .
slavery
The Chinese brought foods such as _______ .
noodles, sweet and sour meats and vegetables.
They were wiped out by the _________ .
Spaniards
They grew sugar cane, bananas, cattle and overworked the Tainos on their farms, the ________
Spaniards
They introduced aspects of our culture today such as...
story telling, proverbs, anancy stories.
The East Indians brought with them.....
curry, rice and roti