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The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams. It was an English colony from 1636 until 1707, and then a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the ...
Colonia della Giamaica. La Colonia della Giamaica (in inglese: Colony of Jamaica) fu un possedimento della corona britannica istituito nel 1655 e dissoltosi nel 1962, quando la Giamaica è divenuta un reame del Commonwealth . La colonia fu istituita a seguito della Guerra anglo-spagnola del 1655, quando l' Inghilterra sottrasse l'area al ...
The History of Anglicanism in Jamaica began shortly after the conquest of the Spanish-held island of Jamaica by an English Army during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). It immediately developed a major role in the political and social structure of the colony. [1] Although nominally under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London, the clergy ...
Treaties extended by the United Kingdom to the Colony of Jamaica (1655–1962). Jamaica was part of the West Indies Federation from 1958–62. A treaty extended to the Colony of Jamaica remains in force for Jamaica only if Jamaica has declared its succession to the treaty.
Governors of Jamaica (1690–1962) The Earl of Inchiquin, 1690–16 January 1692 [1] John White, 1691–22 August 1692, [2] acting. John Bourden, 1692–1693, acting. Sir William Beeston, March 1693–January 1702, acting to 1699. William Selwyn, Jan-April 1702 (died in office) Peter Beckford, 1702, acting. Thomas Handasyd, 1702–1711, acting ...
Free people of color were leaders in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which achieved independence in 1804 as the Republic of Haiti. In Saint-Domingue, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and other French Caribbean colonies before slavery was abolished, the free people of color were known as gens de couleur libres, and affranchis.
British Honduras. British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, [2] until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize.
