Soon after landing on the island now known as Hispaniola—home to the Dominican Republic and Haiti—Columbus returned to Spain with news of the New World, leaving behind a group of colonists. On his second expedition, he discovered that the colony had been destroyed, and he established another one. The new colony soon fell into a state of disorder, which he tried to quell with strict discipline. The colonists appear to have disliked Columbus's tyrannical leadership. What did they do about it? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst31429_Christopher-Columbus-Becomes-the-First-European-on-Hispaniola--1492-.aspx)
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