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When christiphor discovered jamaica.
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British was takeing over of jamica for 200 years
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Their was a 60 day revovlution, their were preachers.
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The 1865 moeant bay rebellion involved about 300 Jamaicans, including paul bogle, who wanted the right to vote and an improvement of economic and social standards.
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The Jamaica Labour party was founded in 1943 with leader Alexander Bustamante.
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The first general election took place in 1944, with a new constitution and popularly elected house of representatives. The jamican laboer party won the election with 22 of the 32 seats.