In 1763 Grenada became British by the Treaty of Paris (1762) where Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal changed countries with each other. Britain renamed La Grenade Grenada. In 1792 Britain introduced the nutmeg to Grenada. Grenada is now one of the worlds biggest exporters of nutmeg. Britain banned slavery in 1834 and in 1877 Grenada became a crown colony.
Independence
In 1963 Grenada got the status “Associated State of the United Kingdom” which mean that Grenada was responsible of her own internal affairs but UK was responsible for Grenadas defence and foreign affairs. On February 7th 1974 Grenada became fully independent from Britain.
Sir Eric Matthew Gairy became the first prime minister of Grenada, he led the country between 1976 and 1979. In 1979 a coup lead by Maurice Bishop (New Jewel Movement) broke out and the New Jewel Movement (NJM) got the throne. After a while NJM thought Bishop wasn’t communistic enough, but he was very popular among the people. In 1983 Bishop was executed by the NJM, which made the people demonstrate. In an effort to establish order in Grenada and eliminate the Cuban military presence the USA invaded Grenada without asking England. In 1984 USA managed to get Grenada to become democratic.
Grenada Now
Today, Grenada is one of the worlds largest exporters of nutmeg. Since Grenada is so big on spices their country slogan is The Spice of the Caribbean. Grenada also make their own chocolate and export cocoa beans to the rest of the world. Grenadas flag as we know it today has 7 stars representing the 7 regions of Grenada and the nutmeg in the middle representing the export of nutmeg.
Evaluation Of Sources
Geographica by G. Cheers (Editor)
This source is very reliable because it’s a book, the publishers are very careful that there are no mistakes. There is not a lot of information but there is a brief introduction about nearly everything. This book is an atlas which is made to give a brief introduction to the country and is reliable. I find the book very good, especially because it uses a easy language.
Geographia.com
This website is a guide for both travellers and people interested in countries. It is quite reliable because if you compare it with other sources it gives the same information. This website uses easy language which I find very good. The website is not very detailed but much more than the book. I think this website is very good, it uses easy language and good amount of information.
Analysis
The history of Grenada has influenced the country a lot today. Very many people living in Grenada have roots in slavery. Grenada has a second language as well, it’s a mix between Carib and African from the African slaves imported by the French. In Grenada there are still very many French names and places since Grenada was French. Grenada is still also very British, when Grenada was a crown colony very many British people moved to Grenada and influenced it’s culture. Today English is the official language in Grenada. Grenada is also very proud to be independent from England.
Conclusion
Today, Grenada is a very developed country. Grenada has one of the worlds best medical school in the world and very many tourists come to Grenada every year to look at their nutmeg and chocolate company. The politics has now calmed down and Grenada is a very stable and safe country.
Bibliography
Websites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada [1st December 2009]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Grenada [1st December 2009]
http://www.geographia.com/grenada/gdhis01.htm [1st December 2009]
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107592.html [1st December 2009]
Books
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Cheers (Editor), Geographica, (Könemann, 2003) p.398-399
Plan
Summary Of Topic
- I am going to write about an island in the Caribbean called Grenada and it’s history
- Grenada is a very interesting country, it has been both British and French and has had very many political changes
- Grenada is in the Southern Caribbean
- It was first discovered by Columbus in 1498
- Nowadays Grenada is know as “The spice of the Caribbean” because it is one of the worlds biggest exporter of Nutmeg and Spices
Evidence
Introduction
- Grenada is situated in the Caribbean, in the southern Windward Islands just north of Trinidad and Tobago
- Grenada is part of The Grenadines
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique belongs to Grenada
- Official language is English
Early History
- Grenada was an underwater volcano 2 million years ago
- The Arawak Indians were the first to inhabit Grenada, but they were all eventually massacred by the Carib Indians
- Island caribs lead grenada and called it Camahogne
Colonization
-1498 Columbus came to Grenada, but the Island Caribs defeated Columbus
-1651 - The French invaded Grenada:
- The Island Caribs fought against them but consecutively lost many battles
- The last surviving Caribs understood the French would win and jumped of a 50m peak in northern Grenada. The French call till spot “Leapers’ Hill”.
- The French made this island very wealthy island
- They imported slaves from africa and made it a sugar producing island
- The French made a capital called Fort Royal
- Fort Royal was the only French natural harbour that sheltered from hurricanes
- The French renamed Camahogne to La Grenade
- 1762 - La Grenade became British by the Treaty of Paris
- Britain named “La Grenade” Grenada
-1792 the British introduced Nutmeg to Grenada
- 1834 britain banned Grenada from using slaves
- In 1877 Grenada became a Crown Colony
Independence
- In 1967, Grenada got the status “Associated State of the United Kingdom”, which meant that Grenada was now responsible for her own internal affairs, and the UK was responsible for her defense and foreign affairs.
- In Feb. 7 1974 Grenada became independent from Britain
- “Sir Eric Matthew Gairy” became the first Prime Minister of Grenada.
- In 1979 - A coup lead by Maurice Bishop (New Jewel Movement) broke out and the NJM got the throne
- After a while the NJM thought Maurice Bishop wasn’t communistic enough, but he was popular among the people
-In 1983, the Bishop was executed by the NJM
-In an effort to establish order on the island and eliminate the Cuban military presence, USA invaded Grenada in 1983 without asking England
-In 1984 Grenada became democratic
Grenada Now
-Grenada is a world producer of nutmeg
-Grenada’s slogan is “The Spice of the Caribbean”
-Flag: 7 Stars for the 7 regions of Grenada
A nutmeg for the production of Nutmegs and Spices
-Grenada gets very many tourists every year
-Grenada also makes chocolate. “Grenada Chocolate Company”
-Cocoa beans form Grenada
-Grenada also exports bananas, and pineapples
Evaluation Of Sources
Geographica by G. Cheers (Editor)
- Very reliable because it’s a book, the publishers are very careful that there are no mistakes
- There is not a lot of information but there is a brief introduction about nearly everything
- The book is a Atlas which gives a brief reliable information about the country
- I find the book very good, because it is easy to read and understand and it has nearly everything
Geographia.com
-This website is a guide for both travellers and for people interested in countries
-It is quite reliable because if you compare the information to other sources it is the same
-The website is informative but it still uses easy language
-It is not very detiled but still much more detailed than the book
-I think this website is very good, especially because it uses an easy language
Analysis
- History has influenced Grenada today a lot. Very many people in Grenada have roots form slavery. Grenada has a second language as well, it is a mix between Carib and African from the african slaves.
- In Grenada there are still very many French names and places since Grenada was French.
- Grenada is still also very British. When Grenada was a colony, very many British people lived in Grenada and still today the official language is English
- Grenada people are also very proud to be independent from England.
Conclusion
- Today, Grenada is a very developed country. Grenada has one of the worlds best medical school and very many tourists come to Grenada to look at their nutmeg, chocolate company and spices.
- The politics has now calmed down and Grenada is now a stable and safe country.
