It was once a Spanish possession, became a British colony in 1655 under the name of Jamaica and became an independent state in the British Commonwealth in 1962. As a colony, it administered two dependencies: Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands.
1958, April 22
Federation of the West Indies
Map of the Caraiben
The Federation of the West Indies was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Trinidad. The intention was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state, however, before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts.
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