History of Jamaica

By andrew.brittain07
  • May 7, 1494

    The Spanish colonization period

    The Spanish colonization period
    When Christopher Columbus was first to discover Jamaica.

  • Jamaica's sugar boom

    Jamaica's sugar boom
    This is when the sugar cane became a main growing plant in Jamaica.

  • English Conquest

    English Conquest
    This is where the English launched an attack on the Jamaican's to rule and take over Jamaica

  • The House of Assembly

    The House of Assembly
    This was Jamaica's version of the United States white house.

  • British Colonisation

    British Colonisation
    This is when the British and the English made an agreement on land in Jamaica

  • Tacky's Revolt

    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

    Second Maroon War
    This is where two maroons got caught stealing two pigs.

  • The Baptist War

    The Baptist War
    This is where the preacher Samuel Sharpe lead a strike demanding more freedom and work wages.

  • The Morant Bay Rebellion

    The Morant Bay Rebellion
    This is where a former black slave got trialed and imprisoned for illegally trespassing an abandoned banana plantation.

  • Independent Jamaica

    Independent Jamaica
    This is the date in which Jamaica declared their freedom from the British.