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===History=== | |||
The islands were discovered by Juan Bermúdez, in 1503, but were uninhabited until colonists under Sir George Somers were wrecked there in 1609. A company was formed for the ‘Plantation of the Somers’ Islands’, and in 1684 the Crown took over the government. A referendum in August 1995 rejected independence from the United Kingdom. Bermuda consists of a group of 138 islands and islets. | |||
Bermuda is self-governing, with its own constitution and its own government, which enacts local laws, while the United Kingdom retains responsibility for defense and foreign relations. | |||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda] | |||
===Timeline=== | |||
1609 - The English Virginia Company permanently settled Bermuda<br> | |||
1615 - 1684 - The Somers Isles Company, managed the colony until 1684. At that time, the company's charter was revoked, and the English Crown took over administration<br> | |||
1707 - The islands became a British colony following the 1707 unification of the parliaments of Scotland and England<br> | |||
1899 - 1902 -During the Anglo-Boer War 5,000 Boer prisoners of war were housed on five islands of Bermuda<br> | |||
1949 - Bermuda became the oldest remaining British overseas territory<br> | |||
==Local Histories== | |||
*Hayward, Walter Brownell. ''Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somer Islands.'' New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1912. Digital version at [http://www.dloc.com/UF00074075/00001 DLOC] - free. | *Hayward, Walter Brownell. ''Bermuda Past and Present: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Somer Islands.'' New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1912. Digital version at [http://www.dloc.com/UF00074075/00001 DLOC] - free. | ||
*Lefroy, John Henry. ''Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1515-1687.'' 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877, 1879. Digital versions at Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=1fEZAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=UCoCAAAAYAAJ Vol. 2] - both free. | *Lefroy, John Henry. ''Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands, 1515-1687.'' 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877, 1879. Digital versions at Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=1fEZAAAAYAAJ Vol. 1] | [http://books.google.com/books?id=UCoCAAAAYAAJ Vol. 2] - both free. | ||
[[Category:Bermuda]] [[Category: | == References == | ||
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