Barbados: History
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Captain Henry Powell brings a group of English settlers to the island, establishing it as a British colony. Many African slaves are brought to the islands to work on the sugar plantations, of which the economy depends on.
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Barbados becomes an English crown possession.
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Slavery is abolished in Barbados.
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Poor economic conditions lead to large scale rioting.
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Barbados becomes a member of the Federation of the West Indies.
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Barbados becomes independent from Britain.
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Barbados is taken off the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) list of uncooperative tax havens after being placed on the list two years prior.
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Announce their intent to remove the Queen of England as their head of state.
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Barbados becomes the last Caribbean Island to gain independence and become a Republic, introducing a new government system.
Sources:
BBC NewsBritannica