QUESTION 6: HISTORY OF JAMAICA (PART 2)

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive in Jamaica in 1494. The Spanish colonized the island and named it St. Iago. Soon after Jamaica was colonized, the Arawak people were enslaved. Nearly 100 years later, all the natives died because of the way they were treated and because of the diseases which the Spanish brought along with them. In order to get people to work on the sugar plantations, the Spanish settlers brought in new slaves from Africa.

QUESTION 6: 
What was the first European country to colonize Jamaica?