Patch where u be today takin in all this history
Nice to remind our self of where we came from man.
TRINIDAD
Archaic or Ortoirod Settlers - 5000 BC
Discovered (Columbus for Spain) - 1498
1st Attempt to settle. - 1531
2nd Attempt to settle. - 1569
1st Permanent Settlement (St. Joseph Domingo de Vera). - 1592
Sir Walter Raleigh discover pitch Lake & burns capital. - 1595
Settled Economically. - 1718
Cocoa Crop Failure. - 1733
Widespread poverty. - 1740
Pop 800 (300 spanish). - 1772
Pop 16,000 (2,100 White Europeans, 4,500 free Balcks). - 1797
British takes control, war in Europe 17 british ships. - 1797
Emancipation of Slaves. - 1834
Indenture Labour (Indian & Chinese) - 1845
1st telegraph @ Macqueripe Bay. - 1871
Amaalgamation of both islands. 1889
US base set up (& Wallerfield) as Britan needed 40 American Destroyers. - 1941
31st August, Independence. - 1962
1st August Republic. - 1976