Question

How did Europeans maintain a way of settling in the Caribbean?

Answer 1

European settlements in the Caribbean began with Christopher Columbus. Carrying an elaborate feudal commission that made him perpetual governor of all lands discovered and gave him a percentage of all trade conducted

Answer 2

The Spanish recruited the Tainos to work and mine the land. In exchange, the Spanish looked after the Taino's welfare and taught them Christianity. Once the gold was no more, the English, Dutch and French took the place of the Spanish and they made plantations using slave labor.