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	Montserrat: History
		Montserrat was born in the late sixties, a time when people were questioning the status quo and seeking new solutions.
		In the early years, Montserrat School of Visual Arts, as it was then called, offered a professional diploma in the same studio concentrations for which it is known today.
		By 1990, Montserrat had outgrown its original facility and moved to historic downtown Beverly, into the Hardie Building, a newly renovated, nineteenth century building with expanded teaching facilities.
	www.montserrat.edu /about/history.shtml (300 words)

	Montserrat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Montserrat is often referred to as the Emerald Island of the Caribbean, due both to its resemblance to coastal Ireland and to the Irish descent of most of its early European settlers.
		Its Georgian-era capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island's population forced to flee abroad owing to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995.
		Montserrat was populated by Arawak and Carib peoples when it was claimed by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage for Spain in 1493, naming the island 'Santa María de Montserrat'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montserrat (946 words)

	History of Montserrat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the Irish during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, (notably at the siege of Drogheda in 1649) Irish political prisoners were transferred to Montserrat.
		Montserrat was hit by hurricanes in 1657 and 1658.
		Montserrat was a province of the West Indies Federation from 1958 until 1962, when it reverted to a colony of the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Montserrat (286 words)

	The history of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory
		The geological history of the volcanic island of Montserrat
		The Montserrat Volcano Observatory was established soon after the first phreatic eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano on 18th July 1995 and was staffed initially by scientists from a variety of organisations working with local personnel.
		Montserrat is situated in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which is a volcanic island arc formed along the junction where the Atlantic tectonic plate is subducted beneath the Caribbean plate.
	www.mvo.ms /history.htm (980 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The geography of Montserrat has consistently posed a threat to the people of the island, whose lives are largely dependent on the land they inhabit.
		Despite the fact that Montserrat was one of Britain's oldest colonies, it experienced little success as a plantation island due to the fact that it is mountainous with little level land (Rogozinski 304).
		Montserrat is part of the OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States), which became sovereign nations between 1974 and 1983.
	www.uvm.edu /~csryan/hst164/history.html (2436 words)

	A Condensed History of Montserrat
		This "History of Montserrat" was project which I began in August of 1998 and lasted about a year.
		The main source of historical data is "Montserrat West Indies, a chronological history," by Marion M. Wheeler, published in 1988 by the Montserrat National Trust.
		While convenient for a sequential presentation, it is not particularly suited for in-depth examination of large and important subjects that span large portions of Montserrat's history, such as slavery or the labor movement.
	mni.ms /history/index.shtml (438 words)

	A Condensed History of Montserrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This "History of Montserrat" was project which I began in August of 1998 and lasted about a year.
		The main source of historical data is "Montserrat West Indies, a chronological history," by Marion M. Wheeler, published in 1988 by the Montserrat National Trust.
		While convenient for a sequential presentation, it is not particularly suited for in-depth examination of large and important subjects that span large portions of Montserrat's history, such as slavery or the labor movement.
	www.innanen.com /montserrat/history/index.shtml (438 words)

	History of Montserrat
		After Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the Irish at the Battle of Drogheda, Irish political prisoners were transferred to Montserrat.
		Montserrat was hit by hurricanes in 1657 and 1658.
		When the Leeward Islands Federation was abolished in 1956, Montserrat became a separate colony.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/montserrat.html (322 words)

	A Condensed History of Montserrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On Montserrat, the devastation and depopulation resulting from the French and Carib invasion in 1767 is crippling the re-development of the colony.
		Montserrat is unable to afford the 4.5% export duty, so the King directs that all of the duties collected should be used on public works on the island.
		Governor-General Stapleton considered the situation on Montserrat to be so bad that he suggested to London that Montserrat be traded to the French for their portions of St. Kitts.
	www.innanen.com /montserrat/history/1670-1680.shtml (646 words)

	Montserrat: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Montserrat was first inhabited by Carib Indians but after being sighted by Columbus in 1493, it shared the history of the other Lesser Antilles.
		Montserrat was a member of the Federation of the Leeward Islands and later of the West Indies Federation, until the latter was dissolved in 1962.
		Montserrat has one of the highest swimming-pool counts per capita in the world: 2 per inhabitant.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=95 (727 words)

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		Montserrat is a tropical island in the West Indies.
		Montserrat is part of an island arc in the Atlantic Ocean that was created by two converging oceanic plates (the Caribbean plate and the North American plate).
		Scientists at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, along with geologists from the USGS are carefully measuring changes in volcanic activity, which they hope will lead them to be able to predict volcanic eruptions in the future.
	www.uwec.edu /jolhm/EH/Manning/webpage (270 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After being inhabited by the original Carib natives, the island underwent five separate and unique periods of change and turmoil which literally shaped the way the island is today: the early colonial period, the slavery period, the post-Slavery period, the modern period, and the volcanic period.
		Montserrat was originally called Alliouagana by the Carib natives who began living there around 3000 B.C. The Carib Indians, with their experience and abilities in navigation, made Montserrat another one of their territories.
		Named after the Abbey of Montserrat in Spain, the island wasn’t colonized by Europeans until 1632, when Irish indentured servants from the island of St. Kitts were sent over by their British masters to raise tobacco.
	www.uvm.edu /~sburke1/History.html (1150 words)

	British Dependencies History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		Montserrat, also a small island, lies 180 kilometers southeast of Anguilla, not far from Antigua.
		Christopher Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands and Montserrat on his second voyage to the West Indies in 1493.
		Columbus named Montserrat after the mountain in Spain on which Ignatius Loyola established of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).
	workmall.com /wfb2001/montserrat/montserrat_history_index.html (1225 words)

	Montserrat National Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Montserrat National Trust (MNT) is one of the island's leading non-governmental organisations (NGO's) with a long history of involvement in local and regional environmental affairs.
		The MNT was established as a non-profit statutory body under the Montserrat National Trust Ordinance(Nov.11,1969) and was charged with the responsibility of conservation, preservation and presentation of the island's historical and cultural resources and the promotion of public awareness.
		The MNT has been and continues to be an advocate to educate the public on the history of Montserrat, as well as be a focal point for volunteer projects created by the Trust and others.
	www.montserratnationaltrust.com /museum.htm (1082 words)

	Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Assessment of SHV and its Hazards - 18 Dec 1997
		Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Assessment of SHV and its Hazards - 18 Dec 1997
		Montserrat has a history of influence by magnitude 6 plus earthquakes within 50 km or so of the island and there is empirical data to suggest that earthquakes can influence erupting or meta-stable volcanoes.
		Montserrat happens to be the first volcanic crisis in which a formalised elicitation methodology for probability assignment has been applied.
	www.geo.mtu.edu /volcanoes/west.indies/soufriere/govt/miscdocs/assess121897.html (16368 words)

	A short history of Montserrat
		Montserrat is discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, who names it after the Abbey of Montserrat.
		Montserrat becomes an English colony, annexed to Antigua, in 1632.
		It shares history with Antigua, but between 1664 and 1668 and between 1782 and 1784 it a occupied by France.
	www.electionworld.org /history/montserrat.htm (239 words)

	History of Montserrat: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In meteorology, a tropical cyclone (or tropical storm, typhoon, or hurricane, depending on strength and location) is a type of low-pressure system...
		Montserrat was a province of the West Indies Federation[For more info, click on this link] from 1958 until 1962, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The soufriere hills volcano is a complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the caribbean island of montserrat....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_montserrat.htm (407 words)

	Montserrat History & Montserrat Culture \| iExplore.com
		The main reason is its vulnerability to the elements; Montserrat is located in the Caribbean hurricane zone and has suffered repeated assaults from tempests.
		However, the damage caused was nothing compared to that wrought by the eruption of a previously dormant volcano, Soufrière, in August 1997.
		The industrial sector, which employed one-third of the workforce and earned the bulk of Montserrat’s export income, was concentrated in food processing and the assembly of electronic components.
	www.africa.com /dmap/Montserrat/History (611 words)

	History of Montserrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		By 1634 the island of Montserrat was settled with Europeans.
		For many centuries inhabitants of Montserrat grew cash crops (tobacco, indigo, cotton) in the fertile valleys and sold them to Dutch traders for food and supplies.
		The island inhabitants chose these crops because they were not labor intensive and could be grown on small plots of land, which allowed them to maximize their profits.
	www.uwec.edu /jolhm/EH/Manning/webpage/history_of_montserrat.htm (265 words)

	Montserrat Hermits: A Brief History - Articles - House of Hermits - Hermitary
		In the year 888, a Catalan king documented the existence of several chapels on the mountain which were dependents of the monastery of Ripoll, among them Santa Maria de Ripoll, upon which that monastery was founded, and Sant Iscle, still extant in the garden of the present monastery.
		In addition to the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, a new vow of perpetual permanence within the limits of Montserrat was laid down.
		At the moment there is no hermit on Montserrat and with the exception of the hermitages of Santa Creu and Sant Dimas, all the hermitages are completely in ruins or in a very bad state.
	www.hermitary.com /articles/montserrat.html (972 words)

	Fan The Flame by Leonard Tim Hector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I went to Montserrat then with a firm view, that I would make clear the significance of Jim Allen, the master Leewards batsman as artist, not just in the history of Montserrat, or the Leewards, but the Caribbean.
		I contend that Montserrat ruined by hurricanes before 1924, again in 1924 and 1928 and then again in 1989; then frightfully structurally adjusted by pyroclastic flows from the Soufriere volcano belching hell fire with atomic force in 1997 could only have survived and stayed in place, largely due to cricket.
		Besides, the tragedies which afflicted Montserrat, together with his personal tragedies require him to keep his sanity, by avoiding, as politely as possible, occasions which may well be trauma inducing.
	www.candw.ag /~jardinea/ffhtm/ff010824.htm (3222 words)

	Barcelona Montserrat Spain
		Montserrat music is very popular throughout the World and the Monastery choir boys have now recorded over 100 albums of choral music.
		The history of Montserrat is fascinating and started in 880 when a small group of shepherd children saw a bright light descending from the sky in the Montserrat mountains.
		A trip to Barcelona Montserrat Spain is highly recommended and if you intend to take a few of the mountain walks it is a good idea to schedule at least one day for your visit.
	www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com /montserrat-spain.html (727 words)

	CaribNation Television: Links - Montserrat
		Union Jack on blueield with shield (dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, when Montserrat was part of the Leeward Islands colony); Irish are commemorated by the woman holding a harp and clasping a Christian cross.
		Montserrat, a lush green and mountainous island of approximately 39 square miles, lies in the Eastern Caribbean chain of islands, some 27 miles southwest of Antigua.
		Travel out of Antigua to Montserrat and vice versa is possible via either helicopter or ferry services which operate daily in and out of the island.
	www.caribnationtv.com /montserrat.html (955 words)

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		The objective of this project is to evaluate the relative levels of growth factors in plants and vegetation on the island of Montserrat.
		High Temperature samples of Montserrat hot springs showed the presence of a Ferro plasma-like organism that was distinct from the recently discovered acidophilus, iron-oxidizing members of Euryarchaeota (Burton and Norris, 2000).
		Venting at and near Montserrat’s Soufriere Hills volcano releases quantities of gaseous and particulate pollutants.
	www.uml.edu /dept/biology/rimes/investigators_projects.htm (2352 words)

	Operation Montserrat - Your Task
		Now that you are aware of the volcanic activity on Montserrat and of the storm headed toward the island, it is time to apply all you've learned to help the people of Montserrat.
		The data has been delayed because of the malfunctioning Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellite, and all other communications with Montserrat are cut due to bad weather and seismic activity.
		Study the island's geography, its human infrastructure, and its history of hurricane and volcanic disturbances.
	www.azemission.org /om/1week/yourTask.aspx (479 words)

	Operation Montserrat - History of Montserrat
		Mid-1400s — Arawak Indians were driven out of Montserrat by a more aggressive group of Indians known as the Caribs.
		They gave the island its indigenous name, Alliouagana, which means "land of prickly bush" (named for the vegetation along the coast).
		1783 — Montserrat was returned to England as part of the Treaty of Versailles.
	emissionhq.com /1week/historyOfMontserrat.aspx (407 words)

	A Condensed History of Montserrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Returning from the campaign to the north, the French under ADM de Grasse force Montserrat to surrender on 22 February 1782.
		Montserrat reported that, responding to a letter from the Bishop of London, the local clergy were working to convert the slaves.
		In response to further queries form Parliament, Montserrat reported that there were 6,000 acres planted in sugarcane and 2,000 acres in cotton.
	www.innanen.com /montserrat/history/1780-1790.shtml (584 words)

	Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue?
		It is known that Montserrat was first settled not by the English but by a group of disaffected Irish Catholics from the nearby St. Kitts in 1633 (Le Page, 1957-8: 55; Fergus, 1975: 7-12; [Fergus, 1994: 16-35]).
		My observations are based partly on a five-week visit to Montserrat in 1977-8 and partly on extensive acquaintance with Montserratians in the United Kingdom (where, incdientally, there are proportionately more West Indians from Montserrat than from any other territory (Philpott, 1977: 90)).
		In Montserrat it has also been applied as the name of a kind of tree, but this is not a meaning associated with the source form, bainne clabair.
	www.phon.ucl.ac.uk /home/wells/brogue.htm (2288 words)

	About Montserrat
		All transportation to Montserrat currently originates in Antigua which is served by international airlines including American, Air Canada, British Airways, BWIA International, and Continental.
		The Montserrat Golf Club offered 9 holes and tennis courts and the capital city of Plymouth was a delight with its historic buildings and small town charm.
		The experience of seeing an active volcano and its power to destroy is moderated knowing that the staff at Montserrat's volcano observatory is not only studying Soufriere, but constantly monitoring its status in order to warn residents and visitors of any imminent escalation of volcanic activity.
	www.krika.com /wmabout.html (957 words)

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