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| ==Spanish Colonization== | | ==Spanish Colonization== |
| Christopher Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain when he landed in 1494. Great Britain invaded Jamaica, conquering in the 1660s.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jamaica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica, accessed 9 April 2020.</ref> | | Christopher Columbus claimed Jamaica for Spain when he landed in 1494. Great Britain invaded Jamaica, conquering in the 1660s.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> |
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| ==British Colonization (1660s-present)== | | ==British Colonization (1660s-present)== |
| Great Britain gained control of Jamaica in the 1660s. Jamaica became an English colony in 1866, and in 1958 it became a province in the Federation of the West Indies. Jamaica gained independence in 1962.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jamaica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica, accessed 9 April 2020.</ref> | | Great Britain gained control of Jamaica in the 1660s. Jamaica became an English colony in 1866, and in 1958 it became a province in the Federation of the West Indies. Jamaica gained independence in 1962.<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span> |
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