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Christopher Columbus makes his first landing in the New World in the Bahamas.
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The English and Bermudan religious refugees established the first European settlement on the Bahamas.
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Colonists from Bermuda settles on New Providence, which later became the center of population and commerce in the Bahamas.
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Britain retained the island country by the end of the century as part of the Treaty of Versailles
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During the American War for Independence from Great Britain, eight colonial warships captures Fort Montague and Fort Nassu, which then led to the Battle of Nassau
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Spain capitulates the Islands to Britain in relation with the Treaty of Paris
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The slavery abolition act ended slavery in the British Emipre on August 1.
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Slaves were no longer wrecked, controlled by licenses and flourished until lighthouses were built on the major islands
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The Civil War brought great wealth to Nasau and created a major supply base for the Confederacy, which was fighitng for slavery
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The Hawksbill Creek Agreement paved the way to establishment of Lucaya
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After multiple failed petitions in 1958 and 1959, victory finally came in the year 1960. However, the act did not come into force until 1962 and during the general elections in November, women voted for the first time in Bahmian history.
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After the revisions, the colony of the Bahama islands became the commonwealth of the bahamas and the premier became the Prime Minister
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A conference in London agreed the colony should have full internal self-- government.
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Politician Perry Christie leads Progressive Liberal Party to a landslide victory, which lead to an unseating of the Free National Movement;the movement had been in power for ten years.