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    While Spain tried to keep other European powers out of the Americas, the allure of gold and myths like El Dorado attracted adventurers and pirates from other European countries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, nations like the Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, and to a lesser extent Denmark and Sweden, challenged Spanish claims and established settlements in the Caribbean islands and parts of North and South America. The majority of Caribbean peoples are immigrants descended from indigenous groups, African slaves, and settlers from various European countries like the Dutch, Spanish, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Chinese, Danish, Asian Indian, German and French. The largest ethnic groups in Anglo-Caribbean countries today are of African, British and Asian-Indian

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    While Spain tried to keep other European powers out of the Americas, the allure of gold and myths like El Dorado attracted adventurers and pirates from other European countries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, nations like the Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, and to a lesser extent Denmark and Sweden, challenged Spanish claims and established settlements in the Caribbean islands and parts of North and South America. The majority of Caribbean peoples are immigrants descended from indigenous groups, African slaves, and settlers from various European countries like the Dutch, Spanish, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Chinese, Danish, Asian Indian, German and French. The largest ethnic groups in Anglo-Caribbean countries today are of African, British and Asian-Indian

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    European Powers Challenge Spanish Claims in the Americas

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    While Spain tried to keep other European powers out of the Americas, the allure of gold and myths like El Dorado attracted adventurers and pirates from other European countries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, nations like the Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, and to a lesser extent Denmark and Sweden, challenged Spanish claims and established settlements in the Caribbean islands and parts of North and South America. The majority of Caribbean peoples are immigrants descended from indigenous groups, African slaves, and settlers from various European countries like the Dutch, Spanish, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Chinese, Danish, Asian Indian, German and French. The largest ethnic groups in Anglo-Caribbean countries today are of African, British and Asian-Indian

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    While the Spanish tried to keep other European powers out of America, the allure of gold, which was

    intensified by myths such as the fabled golden city known as El Dorado, acted as a magnet to
    adventurers and pirates. During the 17th and 18th centuries other European countries (mostly the
    Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, and, to a lesser extent, Denmark and Sweden) challenged
    Spanish claims to the Americas and settled on many Caribbean islands, as well as in different parts of
    North and South America.

    The majority of Caribbean people are immigrants and include a diverse population of Caribbean


    Amerindians and the descendants of African slaves and settlers, and Dutch, Spanish, British,
    Portuguese, Lebanese, Chinese, Danish, Asian Indian, German and French settlers.

    The largest ethnic groups in Anglo-Caribbean countries today are people of African, British and Asian-
    Indian descent.

    JAMAICAN is not a race. 

    Jamaican is the name used to refer to individuals who are citizens of the island of Jamaica. 

    The island is populated by persons from different ethnic backgrounds. , Africans, English, Spanish,
    Germans, East Indians and Chinese are just some of the groups that have settled on the island.
    Therefore, your friends father may be from any of these races and still be Jamaican. 

    As the island's motto states "Out of Many, One People" The island boasts a cornucopia of cultures, which
    makes it one of the most diverse islands in the Caribbean.
    Source(s):
    I'm Jamaican.
     2 years ago

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