VII. The Contemporary Period, 19452000> D. Latin America, 19452000> 4. Mexico, 19462000> e. British Caribbean Territories and Guyana (British Guiana) | ||||
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e. British Caribbean Territories and Guyana (British Guiana) | |
1953, Oct. 6 | |
Britain dispatched troops and warships to Guiana to handle a suspected attempt to set up a Communist regime there. | 1 |
1956, Feb. 23 | |
Delegates from Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Islands came to a preliminary agreement for a Caribbean federation. | 2 |
1957, Aug. 12 | |
Cheddi Jagan's (b. 1918) left-wing party won 9 of the 14 elective seats in the Guiana legislative council. On Aug. 16, Gov. Patrick Renison invited Jagan to participate in, but not to form, a new cabinet. | 3 |
1958, Jan. 3 | |
The Federation of the West Indies came into being. The 77,000-square-mile federation, with a population of 3 million, was composed of ten units: Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, Dominica, and Antigua. | 4 |
1960, March 31 | |
The British colonial office announced that if a new constitution was accepted for British Guiana, it would go into effect in Aug. 1961. Two years after the general election, full independence would be considered. | 5 |
Aug. 21 | |
The People's Progressive Party in Guiana, headed by Cheddi Jagan, won 20 of the 35 seats in the legislative council. | 6 |
Sept. 19 | |
Jamaica voted to withdraw from the West Indies Federation. | 7 |
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