It was not until later that the two names were switched. The Spanish Crown permitted export of slaves to America. 1503 Governor Nicol s de Ovando opposes the importing of slaves. First slaves arrive in Hispa ola. On May 20, Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain.
Spanish colonization begins.
On January 14, first school in Puerto Rico was established in Caparra. The terms of the agreement specified that Spaniards were obliged to pay the Indians for their labor and to teach them the Christian religion. The Cacique Urayo n ordered his warriors to drown Diego Salcedo to determine whether or not the Spaniards were immortal, as they believed that Spanish colonizers had divine powers. It is told that after they drowned Diego, they watched him for several days until they were sure that he was dead. Diego Columbus won rights to all land discovered by his father after presenting his case to the courts in Madrid.