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House of Assembly Holds its First Ever Meeting
The house of assembly holds its first ever meeting which is very important. This is important because then the colony of Barbados can begin to pass bills and laws. Without bills and laws the island would turn to violence and murdering. Violence and murdering turns into wars which turns into genocide. So this first ever meeting is very important or was important to the success of the island.Picture found at this url. http://www.nationnews.com/index.php?print/index/17361 -
Cultavation of Sugar
The cultivation of sugar begins in the colony of Barbados. This is important because then the island country at this time it was known as a colony can start to gain income or gain money. With money you can afford things at the time the island needed to gain population. So they spent the money to put an ad in the paper about houses and such. They also bought military items so that if there was an attacker the island could defend itself. Picture found at this URL http://www.foodsubs.com/Sweeten.ht -
Barbados Divided Into 11 Parts
In the year 1645 the Colony of Barbados is divided into 11 parts which could have resulted in a war and/or a mass genocide. The reason because if the British really wanted to they could kill all of the people from Barbados. This decision to divide the island into 11 parts was a terrible idea. Toward the fact that could have been a mass extinction. -
Bridgetown Burning
- 80% of all the buildings and homes are burned in Bridgetown the, major city. That was 800 homes in one fire which is very important. This is because the people of Barbados then had to rebuild the city of Bridgetown which is a huge city in Barbados. For the next thirty years officials had to go to everybody’s home and recover as much as they could. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fire.JPG
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First Slave Rebillion
The first slave rebellion in Barbados this is important because this is the first step towards stopping the slavery in Barbados. This rebellion happened because the British people started pushing the slaves harder and harder when they could not go farther or harder. If this first rebellion had not have happened the slavery abolition act would not have been passed by the government. -
Slavery Abolition Act
The slavery of native people in Barbados stops because of the slavery abolition act in 1833. This is a gigantic event in Barbados’s history because without this there still would be slavery in Barbados. If there was still slavery in today’s Barbados there would probably be giant wars in Barbados. This might have equaled to a war between everybody with Barbados vs. all the people with the British crown. Which is pretty much world war 3 with what happened in WW2 the world would stop at nothing for -
Piped Water in Bridgetown
Piped water is installed into the major city of Bridgetown. This is huge because Bridgetown is a big city so with none piped water. This water might have had germs that could spread to everybody in Bridgetown. This is also very good for the other cities in Barbados. Why it is good because then these other cities can have piped water that has not as many germs. picture found here http://www.destination360.com/caribbean/barbados/bridgetown -
Barbados Gains Independence
Barbados gains independence over the British. This is huge to the island of Barbados because now the people of Barbados would not have someone reigning over them. Another benefactor is now the government does not just have to do what their commander in chief says they can do what they want. Not just what everybody that’s overtop of them you wants but now those people don’t have that power. picture found here http://www.funbarbados.com/ourisland/history/independence.cfm -
Barbados Wins the Right to Have Self-Government
Barbados wins the right to have self -government .Which allows them to make their own laws that are fair and not discriminatory. This means they can elect their own prime ministers or presidents. They could also elect their own house of assembly that holds meetings. Like the first ever meeting that was held in 1639. -
350th Anniversary of the First Meeting at the House of Assembly
- Barbados celebrates the 350th anniversary of the first meeting at the house of assembly. This is a remarkable day in Barbados history because 350 years ago it all pretty much started. 350 years ago they held the first meeting which lead Barbados into what it is now. In 2009 they would have celebrated the 370th anniversary of this historic day.
