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May 7, 1494
The Spanish colonization period
When Christopher Columbus was first to discover Jamaica. -
Jamaica's sugar boom
This is when the sugar cane became a main growing plant in Jamaica. -
English Conquest
This is where the English launched an attack on the Jamaican's to rule and take over Jamaica -
The House of Assembly
This was Jamaica's version of the United States white house. -
British Colonisation
This is when the British and the English made an agreement on land in Jamaica -
Tacky's Revolt
This is a revolt in which a group of slaves came together to fight for the end of slavery. -
Second Maroon War
This is where two maroons got caught stealing two pigs. -
The Baptist War
This is where the preacher Samuel Sharpe lead a strike demanding more freedom and work wages. -
The Morant Bay Rebellion
This is where a former black slave got trialed and imprisoned for illegally trespassing an abandoned banana plantation. -
Independent Jamaica
This is the date in which Jamaica declared their freedom from the British.
