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The Bahamas

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  • 400

    People came from now Cuba to live in the Bahamas - 400 AD

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  • Period: 400 to

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus made landfall on the island of San Salvador

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  • Jan 1, 1500

    Lucayan people settled here - 1500 AD

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  • 1600-1700 Age of the Pirates - Blackbeard being the most famous

    1600-1700 Age of the Pirates - Blackbeard being the most famous

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  • Group of Freed Slaves and Puritans arrived and founded Charleston

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  • Became a British Colony

  • Solidified their independence and forced a retreat of the Spanish forces without firing a shot

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  • US prohibition - Bahamas greatly expands to accomodate for flow of alcohol

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  • Prohibition ends - Devasted the Bahamas economy

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  • Become a free and sovereign country ending 325 years of British rule

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  • Population of 353, 658 with growth of 1.24% per year

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  • Economy - growth rate 1.35%, Natural resources are salt, aragonite, timber and tourism

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  • People - 85% is of Africian Heritage, 2/3 live on New Providence Island, Haitains largest immigrant community with 30,000-60,000, English official language

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  • Geography - 3542 km of coastline, terrain is long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills, 700 islands, 30 inhabited

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  • Government is parliamentary democracy with regular elections - recognize Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

    US Department of State

  • Culture - Music plays big part, cuisine is spicy & uniquely flavored, Seafood being the staple, Junkano is a parade unique to the Bahamas, Practice Bush Medicine which uses indigenous plants for medicinal purposes

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  • Location is 50 miles off the coast of Florida, Size is 13, 939 sq km,

    Location is 50 miles off the coast of Florida, Size is 13, 939 sq km,

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  • Climate average temperatures of 70-75 degrees, Hurrican season is June to November

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  • Religion - Christinality dominates with a small number practicing the illegal"Obeah" a version of Voodoo

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  • Current Issue are Coral Reef Decay and solid waste disposal

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