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1. www.britannica.com › place › JamaicaJamaica - British Rule, Economy, Culture | Britannica

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   3 days ago · The crown colony. The Jamaican assembly had effectively voted its own extinction by yielding power to Eyre, and in 1866 Parliament declared the island a crown colony. Its newly appointed governor, Sir John Peter Grant, wielded the only real executive or legislative power.

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3. www.britannica.com › place › JamaicaJamaica | History, Population, Flag, Map, Capital, & Facts

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   1 day ago · The island’s various Spanish, French, and English place-names are remnants of its colonial history. The great majority of its people are of African ancestry, the descendants of slaves brought by European colonists.

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   1 day ago · Other units in the JDF heritage include the early colonial Jamaica Militia, the Kingston Infantry Volunteers of WWI and reorganised into the Jamaican Infantry Volunteers in World War II. The West Indies Regiment was reformed in 1958 as part of the West Indies Federation, after dissolution of the Federation the JDF was established.

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6. www.britannica.com › place › JamaicaJamaica - Afro-Caribbean, Maroons, Taino | Britannica

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   3 days ago · Ethnic groups and languages. Spanish colonists had virtually exterminated the aboriginal Taino people by the time the English invaded the island in 1655. The Spaniards themselves escaped the island or were expelled shortly afterward.

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   19 hours ago · All these conflicts have had an impact on the heritage of Africa and in some instances generated its own places of commemoration and remembrance.With the creation of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s World Heritage Convention in 1972 and its efforts to protect heritage places, Africa has registered some of the places of remembrance and commemoration ...

8. www.british-history.ac.uk › cal-state-papersAmerica and West Indies: August 1667 | British History Online

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   4 days ago · America and West Indies: August 1667. Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 5, 1661-1668. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1880. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.

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   Is Jamaica a colonial country?

   • The island’s various Spanish, French, and English place-names are remnants of its colonial history. The great majority of its people are of African ancestry, the descendants of slaves brought by European colonists. Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom in 1962 but remains a member of the Commonwealth.

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   Why was Jamaica a great colony?

   • African slaves soon outnumbered Europeans 5 to 1. Jamaica also became one of Britain’s most-valuable colonies in terms of agricultural production, with dozens of processing centres for sugar, indigo, and cacao (the source of cocoa beans), although a plant disease destroyed much of the cacao crop in 1670–71.

   Jamaica - British Rule, Economy, Culture | Britannica

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   Why was Jamaica important to the British West Indies?

   • It became an important part of the colonial British West Indies. Under Britain's colonial rule, Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on continued importation of African slaves and their descendants.

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   What is Jamaica's culture like?

   • Jamaican culture has a strong global presence. The musical genres reggae, ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall and ragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urban recording industry.

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10. untappedcities.com › 2021/08/13 › the-green-jamaicaThe Green, a Forgotten African American Community in Jamaica ...

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    4 days ago · The Green, also referred to as the Douglaston Community, was one of New York City’s oldest African American communities. Located in what is now Jamaica, Queens, The Green began sometime around ...