Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Jamaica's History

To begin, Jamaica was founded on August 6, 1963, which is their independence day, and was founded by the Europeans, and the man who found it was Christopher Columbus. Columbus finding Jamaica was actually new information to me even though I am coming from a Jamaican family. I always knew the British took over at some point because they drive on the opposite side over there, and the steering wheels are also on the opposite side from the US.  There were three colonies that went after Jamaica, the first being the English, then the Spanish, and the last the British from 1707 until 1962. It was then a Crown colony. What keeps the island going is the culture that comes with it. The music and food are a big part of it and those will never stop. I met a couple of big artists in Jamaica too while visiting a couple times. I find it very interesting how they don't treat the artist any different from just a regular person unlike how America does with a lot of paparazzi. 

1)Jamaica
2) the Bahamas
3) Belize

1 comment:

  1. You should add more information but I like your last sentence that's very interesting how they treat artist.

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