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Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica after the Cuban Tainos told him about them.
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Jamaica is ceded to Spain empire in the New World under a liscence from Columbus' son.
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Slaves are brought in from Africa to work the sugar plantations.
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Jamaica becomes a coveted piece to European countries because of the sugarcane. Jamaica was prize in war between Spin and England.
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Jamaica is formally ceded to British
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The busiest trading center in the British West Indies undergoes an earthquake.
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Slavery in Jamaica is abolished by Queen Victoria of England.
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Plantations set up as sugar cane industry declines due to competition from European beet sugar.
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Serious riots are caused by British racial policies. The People's National Party (PNP) is formed by Norman Manley.
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Jamaica withdraws from the Federation of the West Indies. Alexander Bustamente and the Jamaican Labor Party become Prime Minister.
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Jamaica badly hit by Hurricane Gilbert.
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The Tainos arrived in Jamaica in 900 CE after being chased through other Caribbean islands by the Arawaks of northeastern South America. They knew Jamaica as Yamaye, and brought with them their considerable skills in ceramics.
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