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The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was primarily used for sugarcane production, and experienced many slave rebellions over the course of British rule ...
In 1749 the Governors of Jamaica appointed Administrators for British Honduras. In 1862, British Honduras became a Crown Colony; it was placed under the Governor of Jamaica with its own Lieutenant-Governor. In 1884 it finally broke all administrative ties with Jamaica and wanted self governance, as did Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos ...
War, Cooperation, and Conflict: The European Possessions in the Caribbean, 1939–1945 (1988). Baptiste, Fitzroy Andre. "The British grant of air and naval facilities to the United States in Trinidad, St. Lucia and Bermuda in 1939" Caribbean Studies 16.2 (1976): 5–43. Black, Clinton V. 1997. The History of Jamaica. Longman Publishers.
Along with the rest of the French Caribbean it became a crown colony of France in 1674. [20] Martinique - The island was first settled by France in 1635 and evolved into a plantation society. [21] Saint Barthélemy- From 1651 to 1673 Saint Barthélemy was under the control of the Knights of Malta [22] After 1673 it was returned to France. [22]
Drive to hegemony: the United States in the Caribbean, 1898-1917 (1988). Higman, Barry W. A concise history of the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Hoffman, Paul E. The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535-1585: Precedent, Patrimonialism, and Royal Parsimony. Baton Rouge: LSU Press 1980. Jackson, Ashley.
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, ... Jamaica: 1655 1962 Became independent in 1962 as Jamaica. Kenya: 1920 1963
The location of Jamaica An enlargeable map of Jamaica. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jamaica: Jamaica – sovereign island nation located on the Island of Jamaica of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. [1] It is 234 kilometres (145 mi) long and 80 kilometres (50 mi) at its widest.