How Spain's colonial government on Ayiti was imposed (war record): La Navidad built in Guacanagari's kingdom (1492); Caonabo destroys La Navidad (1493, first war,…

SUMMARYHow Spain's colonial government on Ayiti was imposed (war record): La Navidad built in Guacanagari's kingdom (1492); Caonabo destroys La Navidad (1493, first war, Taino victory); La Isabela (1494, excavated); Battle of the Vega Real (March 1495, cavalry and war dogs); Caonabo captured by a trick (shackles presented as royal bracelets), dies at sea (1496); gold tribute imposed (1495); Ovando arrives with about 2,500 colonists (1502); JARAGUA MASSACRE (1503): Anacaona's caciques burned alive at a feast, Anacaona hanged; Higuey war, Cotubanama hanged (1503-04); encomienda labor; Real Audiencia (1511); repartimiento count of about 26,000 Taino (1514); Enriquillo's war and treaty (1519-1533). Record. Lens: the "first government" was imposed by killing the five kingdoms' rulers.