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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for History Bahamas
		Bahamas, The Commonwealth of The A country in the Caribbean, consisting of a group of islands in the western Atlantic Ocean, set between Florida and Hispaniola.
		History of the Atlantic pearl-oyster, Pinctata imbricata, industry in Venezuela and Colombia, with biological and ecological observations.
		Arthropods and Predation of Artificial Nests in the Bahamas: Implications for Subtropical Avifauna.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=History+of+the+Bahamas (1278 words)

	History of the Bahamas: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Similar groups of settlers formed governments in The Bahamas until the islands became a British Crown Colony in 1717.
		During the American Civil War, The Bahamas prospered as a center of Confederate blockade-running.
		See also: the history of the Caribbean, Latin American History[?], history of the Americas, European colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization of the Americas, British colonization of the Americas, history of present-day nations and states.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Bahamas---History.html (384 words)

	Bahamas -- History
		Documented Bahamian history begins with the words, "Baja Mar," the name the Spanish bestowed on the islands.
		Spain entered the fray on the side of the Americans and briefly retook The Bahamas in May 1782.
		In 1973, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas became independent within the Commonwealth of Nations, but retained Queen Elizabeth II as constitutional head of state.
	www.geographia.com /bahamas/bahistory.htm (524 words)

	Bahamas the history of the bahamas
		An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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	Bahamas - Island Profile - facts, visitors guide, travel to the islands of The Bahamas
		The Bahamas extends 760 miles from the coast of Florida on the north-west almost to Haiti on the south-east.
		British settlement in The Bahamas was established in 1647 by a group of English settlers in search for religious freedom, the Company of Eleutheran Adventurers, who organized a community on what is now the island of Eleuthera; in 1783 the Islands Of The Bahamas became a British colony.
		Nassau is the political capital and the commercial hub of The Bahamas.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/bahamas.htm (756 words)

	History Of The Bahamas, Bahamas Cultural History, History On The Bahamas
		In 1718 the history of the Bahamas shifted as the Bahamas became a British crown colony.
		History on the Bahamas reflects that the Bahamas chose of their own accord to remain part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Bahamas cultural history today is most heavily influenced by the loyalist settlers and the slaves they brought with them to the Bahamas.
	www.destination360.com /caribbean/bahamas/history.php (538 words)

	History of the Bahamas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Similar groups of settlers formed governments in The Bahamas, but the isolated cays sheltered pirates and wreckers through the 17th century.
		Charles II granted land in the Bahamas to the Lords proprietors of Carolina, but the islands were left entirely to themselves.
		History of the Bahamas, See also, References, Cleanup from September 2005 and History of the Bahamas.
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	Science Fair Projects - History of the Bahamas
		During the American Civil War, The Bahamas prospered as a center of Confederate blockade-running, bringing out cotton for the mills of England and running in arms and munitions.
		Since Havana closed to American tourists in 1961, The Bahamas has developed into a major tourist resort and at the same time the establishment of Freeport as a free trade zone (1955) developed an off-shore financial services center with a reputation for a tolerant atmosphere.
		History of The Bahamas - Essay on the history of the islands from Pre-Columbian times to recent election.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/History_of_the_Bahamas (671 words)

	kwabs.com/greater antilles/upper caribbean/bahamas
		The name Bahamas is traditionally believed to have been given to the Islands by Christopher Columbus who was describing the shallow water/sea with the Spanish words: Baha Mar. However, some authoritative sources of The Bahamas claim that the name comes instead from the Lucayan name for the Grand Bahama Island.
		The next important milestone in the history of the Bahamas is the Abolition of Slavery Act of 1833 which led to the emancipation of the slaves on August 1, 1834.
		The culture of the Bahamas is defined by the influence of European traditions and religions mixed with the African cultural heritage.
	www.kwabs.com /bahamas.html (3130 words)

	Learn about Bahamas history
		The Bahamas was known to be a haven for freed slaves, and a favorite holiday destination for the wealthy during the 1780’s when Bahamas was granted internal self-government, followed by independence in 1973.
		Bahamas is one of the wealthiest countries in the Caribbean.
		Island hoping on the Bahamas is a very popular thing to do, since it will give you a feel for the different atmospheres that lies on the island of the Bahamas.
	www.internationalcircuit.com /bahamas/history.php (563 words)

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		Bahamas images are licensed from World66.com under, and are hereby subject to, the Creative Commons License.
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	History of The Bahamas
		The Spanish never made a permanent settlement in the Bahamas, but shortly after the discovery they carried off many aborigines to the mines of San Domingo, and ere long the whole population, never perhaps very large, seems to have disappeared.
		Had the Bahamas ever been so thickly populated, there would remain the evidence of ruins of buildings or of soil cultivation.
		In the general elections held in May 2002 the FNM was turned out of power by the PLP, which won 29 of the 40 seats in the House of Assembly.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/bahamas.html (1002 words)

	History of the Bahamas
		Today, the Bahamas is a democracy, with open elections held every 5 years, with a Constitution based (for the most part) on the right of each man to life, liberty and property--honestly acquired.
		Under the FNM, the borders of the Bahamas were further opened to foreign industry, talent and dollars--the life blood of the country, without which the Bahamas would soon reach the economic and moral level of its' Caribbean neighbor Haiti.
		The Bahamas celebrates the 500th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus at San Salvador.
	www.thebahamasguide.com /facts/history.htm (1878 words)

	History Of The Bahamas
		The following is a brief history of the Bahamas with occasional references to the Keys.
		By 1788, about 9,300 Tories had fled to the Bahamas and more would follow, but they all had tasted life in the U.S. Before the influx of the American Loyalists, there were probably no more than 1,000 slaves in the Bahamas.
		The population of the Bahamas rose from 39,000 in 1870 to 53,000 in 1900.
	www.keyshistory.org /bahamas.html (974 words)

	History of the Bahamas by Caribbean Way
		The history of the Bahamas is colored with tales of piracy, intrigue, tragedy, and great achievement, all of which has had a hand in shaping the nation into what it is today.
		Unlike the rest of the West Indies, however, the history of the Bahamas never saw an influx of war-like Carib Indians, remaining isolated as a peaceful farming community until the first European visitors in the history of the Bahamas, in the late 15th century.
		The first European settlement in the history of the Bahamas was founded on the island of Eleuthra in1648 by a group of English Puritans seeking religious freedom.
	bahamas.caribbeanway.com /history.asp (676 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Bahamas, 1629-1815
		The Bahamas were part of the territories in the Americas granted by King Charles I. to SIR ROBERT HEATH in 1629; in 1640, religious dissenters coming from Bermuda settled the island of ELEUTHERIA.
		The Bahamas were given a governor and a parliament (1671); yet life remained difficult, as the settlement, regarded a pirate's nest by the Spanish, was raided by them several times.
		In 1776, Nassau was taken by the U.S. navy; in 1782, the island group was occupied by the Spanish, returned to the British in 1783.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/caribbean/bahamas16291815.html (369 words)

	Bahamas History \| bahamas-guide.info
		Like many of the Caribbean islands, The Bahamas, derived from the Spanish words “baja mar,” or shallow sea, has a long history that includes many of the themes and events persistently found in the stories of other nations in the region.
		This complicated history of theft and adventure in the shallow maze of waters around The Bahamas survives as tales and legends.
		The Bahamas are said to be made from calcium carbonate, a product of the 5 percent of the world's coral that surrounds the islands.
	bahamas-guide.info /past.and.present/history (1031 words)

	A short history of the Bahamas
		The islands become an official crown colony, the Bahamas in 1717.
		In 1873 the Turks and Caicos Islands are seceded from the Bahamas.
		The Bahamas are granted self government with a chief minister in 1954.
	www.electionworld.org /history/bahamas.htm (184 words)

	History of the Bahamas Posted By : Heather Colman
		Those of you not familiar with the history of the Bahamas now have at least a basic understanding of its history and culture.
		The Bahamian Lucayans were deported to Hispaniola as slaves, and within two decades Taino societies ceased to exist as a separate population due to forced labour, warfare, disease, emigration and outmarriage.
		The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718 but remained sparsely settled until the newly independent United States expelled thousands of American Tories and their slaves.
	www.edukick.com /articles/History-of-the-Bahamas-Posted.htm (522 words)

	History of the Bahamas - Information from Reference.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 12 October 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere in the Bahamas.
		Similar groups of settlers formed settlements in the Bahamas, but the isolated cays sheltered pirates and wreckers through the 17th century.
		When the islands became a British Crown Colony in 1717, the first Royal Governor, a reformed pirate named Woodes Rogers, brought law and order to the Bahamas in 1718, when he expelled the buccaneers who had used the islands as bases.
	www.reference.com /search?q=History+of+the+Bahamas (644 words)

	History and Geography of the Bahamas
		History And Geography Of Abaco And The Bahamas
		You might think that Bahamas history has nothing to do with your present Abaco cruise, but certainly an understanding of the history of this colorful land will help you understand how the islands came to be the way they are.
		In 1691, Nicholas Trott of Bermuda was appointed Governor of the Bahamas.
	www.abacoguide.net /his&geo.htm (6269 words)

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		On the brink of the American Revolution, many loyalists fled to the Bahamas and reshaped the character and the population of the islands.
		The islands withdrew from the Bahamas to be governed by their own president and be under the supervision of Jamaica.
		The Bahamas became a strategic military stronghold for the U.S. because of the introduction of the German U-boat.
	www.uvm.edu /~amcostel/hst164/web_history.html (975 words)

	Bahamas Official Guide > About The Bahamas > Bahamas History
		The Islands of the Bahamas caught the attention of explorers, settlers, invaders and traders.
		These people shaped the colourful history of The Bahamas and made the country what it is today.
		If you would like to find information on other subjects within the About The Bahamas section then why not read about About the Islands, Investing in the Bahamas, Local Customs, travel tips uniquely Bahamas, Bahamas film commision, Bahamas in the media, entry requirements and more.
	www.bahamas.co.uk /about-bahamas/history (224 words)

	Bahamas Handbook 2007
		Drink in the blazing colours of crimson, orange, yellow and purple flowers, the vivid blue-green ocean, the warm amber light of an early morning on the beach.
		Tourism is the number one industry of The Bahamas, but to keep visitors happy and bring them back requires constant evaluation and retuning the Bahamian experience.
		Not only is the 2006 edition of the Bahamas Handbook filled with facts and information, it’s also loaded with interesting articles on the country.
	www.bahamashandbook.com (1695 words)

	Bahamas Natural History
		The Bahamas are low, carbonate islands that rest on two large bank systems, with water depths of less than 10 m.
		The Bahama Platform became exposed during sea-level lowstands as a result of four major glacial advances during the Pleistocene.
		The northern part of the bank between the Biminis and the Berry Islands is largely an area of relict to intermittently active sand sheets composed of skeletal grains, ooids, lithified pellets, and composite grains (Hine, 1983a, b).
	www.carleton.edu /departments/geol/RelatedPrograms/bahamas/info/nathistory.html (1368 words)

	Bahamas history of the bahamas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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	Bahamas History
		From the bustle of Nassau to the serenity of an uninhabited island, or cay, all of the Bahamas enjoys clear, warm, shallow waters and an abundance of marine life.
		The history of Spanish Cay as recounted in The Island Remembered is tied to the history of the Bahamas in the 1950's.
		English was the spoken language and based upon their colonial status, the Bahamas were both politically and economically stable as well as friendly with the U.S. These factors led to the purchase of Spanish Cay by well-known Texan and founder of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Clint Murchison, Jr.
	www.islandremembered.com /bahamas_history.php (228 words)

	History of the Bahamas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Those of you not familiar with the history of the Bahamas now have at least a basic understanding of its history and culture.
		The Bahamian Lucayans were deported to Hispaniola as slaves, and within two decades Taino societies ceased to exist as a separate population due to forced labour, warfare, disease, emigration and outmarriage.
		The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718 but remained sparsely settled until the newly independent United States expelled thousands of American Tories and their slaves.
	www.kokkada.com /Article/History-of-the-Bahamas/4347 (587 words)

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