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 ==History==
-Attempts by the British to colonize the island occurred in 1605 and 1638.  The French then settled on the island in 1650. After a number of military incursions, St. Lucia was ceded to Britain in 1814.  St. Lucia achieved independence in 1979.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: West Indies,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1999.</ref>
+The French were the island's first European settlers. They signed a treaty with the native Island Caribs in 1660. England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667. In ensuing years, it was at war with France fourteen times, and the rule of the island changed frequently. In 1814, the British took definitive control of the island. Because it switched so often between British and French control, Saint Lucia was also known as the Helen of the West Indies after the Greek mythology Helen of Troy.
-Temporary settlements: English privateers 1550s, Netherlands 1600, English shipwreck 1605, France claimed St. Lucia in 1635, and England 1639. The first permanent settlements were from France in 1643, then England 1664, and France took over again in 1666. During the 1700s ownership changes or neutrality occurred 12 times but St. Lucia basically remained loyal to France. Great Britain gained control in 1803, and St. Lucia became independent in 1979.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia Saint Lucia] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 6 October 2015).</ref>
+Representative government came about in 1840, universal suffrage was established in 1953. From 1958 to 1962, the island was a member of the West Indies Federation. On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Saint Lucia is a mixed jurisdiction, meaning that it has a legal system based in part on both the civil law and English common law. St. Lucia became independent in 1979.
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 ==Timeline==
+- 1667 England took control of the island<br>
+- England was at war with France fourteen times, and the rule of the island changed frequently but in 1814 the British took definitive control of the island<br>
+-  Saint Lucia became an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Saint Lucia is a mixed jurisdiction, meaning that it has a legal system based in part on both the civil law and English common law<br>
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Saint Lucia]]