History of Jamaica

                                                                 History of Jamaica

The original inhabitants of Jamaica are believed to be the Arawak's, also called Taino's. They came from South America 2,500 years ago and named the island Xaymaca, which meant ““land of wood and water”. The Arawak's were a mild and simple person by nature. The Arawak's led a quiet and peaceful life until they were destroyed by the Spaniards some years after Christopher Columbus discovered the island in 1964. The Jamaica invasion took place in May 1655. During the 1654 to 1660 Anglo- Spanish war, when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. Jamaica was conquered by Spain. It is an English colony from 1655. It was captured by English from Spain, and a British colony from 1707 until 1962. When it became independent Jamaica was a crown colony in 1866. In 1866 the new Crown colony government consisted of the Legislative Council and the executive Privy Council containing members of both chambers of the House of Assembly, but the Colonial Office exercised effective power through a presiding British governor. The council included a few handpicked prominent Jamaicans for the sake of appearance only. In the late nineteenth century, Crown colony rule was modified; representation and limited self-rule were reintroduced gradually into Jamaica after 1884. The colony's legal structure was reformed along the lines of English common law and county courts, and a constabulary force was established. The culture had promoted Jamaica cultural heritage. The cold war influenced Jamaica’s relation with the United state, which was Jamaica's major trading partner and primary investor in bauxite and tourism. British continued to offer a market for sugar and banana export. In June 1969 Jamaica became the 24th member of the organized of American states.  In the same year it also joined the Non- Aligned Movement , established closer relations with a number of African countries, and support antiapartheid  initiatives from January 2006 Jamaica was a part of the Caribbean single market and economy established by revision to the 1973 treaty of Chaguaramas. The treaty, which led to the creation of CARICOM, and was revised in 2002 to remove barriers to free trade and the free movement of capital and people within the region. The national motto, which was adopted after independence from Great Britain in 1962, is “Out of many, one people.” In the nation flag, the two black triangles represent history struggles and hardship, green triangles represent agriculture wealth and hope, and yellow cross-stripes represent sunshine and mineral resources. Jamaica culture consists of the religion, norms, values, and lifestyle that define the people of Jamaica. Black slaves became the dominant culture force as they suffered and resisted the harsh condition of forced labor. After the abolition of slavery, chicness and Indian migrant were transported to the island as indentured works, brought from far East. 


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Wikipedia contributors. "Invasion of Jamaica." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 Jan. 2021. Web. 8 Feb. 2021.





         Three island i will consider adopting are: 

                1.) Jamaica

                2.) Cuba 

                3.) Haiti

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