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The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples (U of Chicago Press, 2011) 660 pp; Ratekin, Mervyn. "The Early Sugar Industry in Española," Hispanic American Historical Review 34:2(1954):1-19. Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean (2000). Sauer, Carl O. The Early Spanish Main. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of ...
In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave in the post-war period, and in the tension between Communist Cuba and the United States (U.S.). Genocide, slavery, immigration and rivalry between world powers have given Caribbean history an impact disproportionate to the size of this small ...
The chronology of the colonial time of Cuba is about the Spanish colonial period in Cuba, and the efforts to obtain independence from the Spanish Empire and includes history from the "discovery" of the island by Christopher Columbus to the Spanish–American War.
The economic model developed in the Netherlands would define colonial policies in the next two centuries. 1570: Failed Spanish settlement on Chesapeake Bay (Ajacán Mission). 1576: Spanish found León de los Aldama. 1576: Martin Frobisher reaches the coast of Labrador and Baffin Island. 1579: Sir Francis Drake claims New Albion.
1776: The original Thirteen Colonies of the United States, also known as the United Colonies, declare independence from Britain. 1784: Britain passes Pitt's India Act. 1787: Britain creates Sierra Leone. 1788: Britain claims and proceeds to settle the eastern half of the continent of Australia.
The colonial map was redrawn following the defeat of the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire after the World War I (1914–18). Colonies from the defeated empires were transferred to the newly founded League of Nations, which itself redistributed it to the victorious powers as "mandates".
How exactly humans expanded into the Caribbean islands has long been a mystery, according to a study. Ruins of 5,600-year-old shelter upend history of Caribbean island, study reveals Skip to main ...
Toggle Last colonial years: 1900–1974 subsection. 5.1 Early 20th century. 5.2 Towards independence: 1950–1974. ... The history of Grenada in the Caribbean, ...