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Barbados is a amazing place. British colonialism left the country to fight for it 's rights and freedom. Although the British were responsible for many of the evils that happened on the island, it did lead to the great island we have today. They are definitely better off than when they started.

Before the british arrived and put many slaves on the island there were already people living in Barbados. The first indigenous people were American indians who arrived here from Venezuela. Paddling long dugout canoes they crossed oceans and currents that challenge modern sailing vessels. On the north end of Venezuela a narrow sea channel called the Dragon 's mouth acts as a funnel to the Caribbean sea and the nearest Island of …show more content…

Almost 2,000 English settlers landed in 1627 and 1628. Soon afterward, the island developed a sugar-based economy, supported by a slave population ("barbados" Junior). These crops were and still are a large source of income for the island. farmer are very common on the island still as well. These farmers live very happy lives and have great qualities of life. Even I would not mind being a farmer on the island now. However at the time the people brought there were not farmers, but slaves. These slave strove to freedom as much as they possibly could. However these attempts would be fruitless. A large slave revolt soon a occurred in 1816 and many slaves died when the revolt failed("Barbados" Gale). After this no large scale revolts occurred until slavery was abolished. I think the slaves became afraid after the rebels were killed for their courageous attempt to take freedom for themselves. Even though the slave trade was abolished in 1804, slavery didn 't stop in barbados until 1834 when it was abolished in the British empire (“Barbados” Gales). Since slavery was such a huge part of the economy it must have been a bumpy transition causing the country to have some economic trouble.even worse the economy of the island was still recovering since earlier The american War for independence took a toll on Barbados economically in 1778 due to the restrictions of goods from American. It got so bad that the British …show more content…

With the nation 's new found independence the people of the island where now in charge and able to lead themselves. This led to many new opportunities as well for the residents of the island. This conveys how much the people of Barbados had grown under the rule of the British. They eventually grew so much that they didn’t need the British and knew they wanted to be independent. The quality of life on the island is proof enough that Barbados didn 't need Britian. Barbados has one of the best quality of life rates in the caribbean. In 2007 the UN took a survey and Barbados was ranked number one in quality of life(“Barbados” Junior). This proves that although Britain was responsible for many atrocities against the people of the island, they did leave a good way of life for the Barbados residents afterwards. Now special world events occur on the beautiful Island. Barbados held the cricket world cup in 2007 helping its economy. To prepare for the event, a large amount of the country 's investments in 2006 and the start of 2007 were directed to meeting the need of the many visitors that would come to the event. all sectors had growth including communications, transportation, construction, and utilities. the growth of these sectors positively helped the economy of Barbados. Hopefully this continues in the future for a very long time so the Island the their

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