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Jamaica's state ensign is a Blue Ensign with the Jamaican national flag in the canton; it is normally only used by the Jamaican Government. [ citation needed ] Jamaica's naval ensign follows the British system and is a White Ensign with a Saint George's Cross and the Jamaican national flag in the canton, although due to the island's lack of a ...
Colonial flag of Jamaica: The Cross of Burgundy was used during the Spanish colonisation 10 April 1655 – 30 December 1800: Colonial flag of Jamaica: The 1606 version of the Union Flag was used until 1 January 1801 1 January 1801 – 24 August 1875: Colonial flag of Jamaica: The British Union Flag, used until 1875 25 August 1875 – 31 May 1906
The coat of arms of Jamaica is a heraldic symbol used to represent Jamaica. The coat of arms is a legacy design, with its earliest iteration having been granted for the colony of Jamaica in 1661 under Royal Warrant. The original design was created by William Sancroft, then Archbishop of Canterbury.
Maroon flag in Freetown, Sierra ... fled to the interior and joined with indigenous peoples and created several ... (1988), The Maroons of Jamaica, 1655–1796: a ...
After 146 years of Spanish rule, a large group of British sailors and soldiers landed in the Kingston Harbour on 10 May 1655, during the Anglo-Spanish War. [4] The English, who had set their sights on Jamaica after a disastrous defeat in an earlier attempt to take the island of Hispaniola, marched toward Villa de la Vega, the administrative center of the island.
Shepherd, V. "Transients to citizens: The development of a settled East Indian Community", The Jamaica Journal 18 (3): 17–21. Singhvi, H. M., ed. (2000), "Chapter 19. Other Countries of Central and South America" (PDF) , Report of the High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora , Republic of India: Ministry of External Affairs, archived from ...
Jamaica's first political parties emerged in the late 1920s, while workers association and trade unions emerged in the 1930s. The development of a new Constitution in 1944, universal male suffrage, and limited self-government eventually led to Jamaican Independence in 1962 with Alexander Bustamante serving as its first prime minister. The ...
The Taino referred to the island as "Xaymaca," but the Spanish gradually changed the name to "Jamaica." [12] In the so-called Admiral's map of 1507, the island was labeled as "Jamaiqua"; and in Peter Martyr's first tract from the Decades of the New World (published 1511—1521), he refers to it as both "Jamaica" and "Jamica."