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Saint Lucia was first founded by the Arawak indians in 200 AD
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The commnoly known as wel Columbus saw the Island and "discovered" it.
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Eureopenas sailors discovered Saint Lucia also know as Iouanalao or Island of the Iguanas at the time
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Around 1600, the Dutch arrived, establishing a fortified base at Vieux Fort.
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The first attempt at colonization occurred just a few years later, in 1605. An unfortunate party of English colonists, headed to Guyana on the good ship Olive Branch, landed on St. Lucia after having been blown off course.
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Another group of English washed up on to the shores of Saint Lucia and failed to Colonize the island.
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In 1838, St. Lucia came under the administration of the Windward Islands government set up by Great Britain.
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Became a country itself and was no longer associated with Great Britain.
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Large Tropical storms hit the islands causing the loss of large banana crop.
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Another large tropical storm ( storm Lili) destroys another large banana crop.