The Tainos and Caribs were dominant in the Caribbean before Christopher Columbus' voyages. Who were these two groups of people? How did they live? What was the result of the Encounter of Columbus and the Indigenous People? How did these Indigenous People fare in the first Centennial of European imperialism and colonialism in the Greater Virgin Islands? By 1593, were there a new society in the area?

What is the encomienda system and was it used in Puerto Rico?

Who were the "conquistadores" and what was "la conquista" in the Caribbean context? Did it impact the Greater Virgin Islands?

Did other non Hispanic Europeans enter the Caribbean basin in the first Centennial of European imperialism and colonialism? If yes, who were they and what roles did they play?