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But unfortunately for them, the kindness wasn't reciprocal.
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The Spaniards were interested in profit, and international
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power politics.
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And Hispaniola was strategically located.
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It also possessed fertile soil, a favorable climate,
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and land that the Spanish Crown coveted for cultivation.
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So, European interest was based on
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commerce, profit
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and international power considerations.
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The Spaniards militarily dispossessed the Arawaks of their land,
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and intended to reduce them to slavery,
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first in mines and then on the land.