history Bahamas

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  • 1492

    1492

    1492
    Cristopher Columbu's arrival to San Salvador, Bahamas.
  • 1494

    Tordesillas Treaty

    This treaty placed de Bahamas in Spanish territory. The Spanish enslaved the native Lucayan people. The population of the Bahamas was depleted.

  • English colonization

    Arrival of English people to the Bahamas

  • 1670

    The king Carlos II granted the islands to the owners of the Carolinas in North America. They rented them with rights of commerce, taxes, appointment of governors and administration of the country.
  • Period: to

    XVIII

    Bahamas camed a pirate domain.

  • 1684

    The Spanish privateer Juan de Alcón raided the capital, Charles Town (Nasau)

  • 1706

    In 1703, a Franco-Spanish expedition briefly occupied Nassau during the War of the Spanish Succession.

  • 1718

    Great Britain ade the Bahamas a crown colony. After a difficult struggle, piracy was abolished.

  • Spanish attack

    Spanish attack
    In 1720, the Spanish attacked Nasáu.

  • 1776

    Under the command of Esek Hopkins, the U.S. side occupied Nassau.

  • 1782

    In 1782, a Spanish fleet appeared off the coast of Nassau, and the city surrendered without a fight.

  • Actuality

    Actuality
    The Bahamas is a Westminster-style parliamentary monarchy with a two-party system in which the Free National Movement and the Progressive Liberal Party have alternated in government.