User:Dannyboybs18

Hello everyone, my name is Daniel and I am from The Bahamas which is the country I love so dearly and one of my main reasons for joining Wikipedia. I am currently a student preparing for college and then most likely University (hopefully the University of the West Indies or the University of Western Ontario). What I hope to achieve on wikipedia is to create and expand as many articles on the Bahamas and the Caribbean at large to bring people to a better understanding of our people and culture.

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BAHAMAS PORTAL COMING SOON!!!

Well I intend to creat the Bahamas Portal in three stages. The first stage is copying a featured portal framework (I've decieded to copy Cuba's Portal framework). Secondly making the actual portal. Finally creating the Bahamas portal. This of course this would have the finished product. Here it is, the Soon to be Bahamas Portal, Portal:Bahamas

The Bahamas general election, 2012

7 May 2010 (2010-05-07)

Leader Hubert Ingraham Party FNM Leader since 2 May 2007 Leader's seat North Abaco Last election 23seats, 49,86%

SVG Images

I've recently begun creating SVG images and hopefull I will get better at doing very soon. I will document all SVG images that I create right here:

New CARICOM Geopolitical Template

Caribbean Community Caribisch Gemeenschap (Dutch) Communauté des Antilles (French) Comunidad caribe (Spanish)
Flag
Map of CARICOM with full members states highlighted in green, associate members in lime green, and observers in pistachio
Seat of Secretariat	Georgetown
Official languages	4 Dutch English(working language) French Spanishworking language)
Type	Supranational organisation
Member states	Full Members 15 Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Associates 5 Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Observers 8 Aruba Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Sint Maarten Venezuela
Leaders
• Secretary-General	Irwin LaRocque
• Chairman	Denzil Douglas
Establishment
• Treaty of Chaguaramas	4 July, 1973
• Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas	2001
Area
• Total	458,480 km2 (177,020 sq mi)
Population
• 2010 estimate	15,948,000
• Density	34.8/km2 (90.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$91,296 billion (70)
• Per capita	$5,725 (109)
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$64,771 billion (65)
• Per capita	$8,116 (67)
Website caricom.org

List

Flag	State	Joined	Official Language(s)	Population	km²	GDP (PPP) $Million	GDP (PPP) per capita	CPI	HDI
	Antigua and Barbuda	4 July 1974	English	86,754	442.6	1,709	$19,699	—	0.764
	Bahamas	4 July 1983	English	353,658	10,010	10,353	$29,274	7.3	0.771
	Barbados	Founder	English	284,589	430	6,300	$22,137	7.8	0.793
	Belize	1 May 1974	English	333,200	22,806	2,679	$8,020	—	0.699
	Dominica	1 May 1974	English	72,660	751	952	$13,102	5.2	0.724
	Grenada	1 May 1974	English	110,000	344	849	$7,718	—	0.748
	Guyana	Founder	English	752,940	196,849	5,433	$7,215	2.5	0.633
	Haiti	2 July 2002	French and Haitian Creole	9,719,932	27,560	11,466	$1,179	1.8	0.454
	Jamaica	Founder	English	2,847,232	10,831	23,765	$8,346	3.3	0.727
	Montserrat	1 May 1974	English	5,879	102	99	3,400	—	—
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	26 July 1974	English	51,300	261	892	$17,387	—	0.735
	Saint Lucia	1 May 1974	English	173,765	606	2,071	$11,918	7.0	0.723
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 May 1974	English	120,000	389	1,237	$10,308	5.8	0.717
	Suriname	4 July 1995	Dutch	529,000	156,000	4,725	$8,931	3.0	0.680
	Trinidad and Tobago	Founder	English	1,227,505	5,128	26,016	$21,194	3.2	0.760

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List of Governors of the Bahamas

#	Image	Governor	From	To
Governors of Eleuthera (1648–1657):
1		William Sayle	1648	1657
Proprietary Governors of the Bahama Islands (1670–1706):
2		Hugh Wentworth	1671	December 1671
3		John Wentworth	December 1671	1676
4		Charles Chillingworth	1676	1677
5		Roger Clarke	1677	1682
6		Richard Lilburne	1684	1684
British rule temporarily disrupted due to joint Spanish and French raid on Charlestown
7		Thomas Bridges	1687	1690
8		Cadwallader Jones	1690	1693
9		Nicholas Trott	1694	1696
10		Nicholas Webb	1697	1699
-		Read Elding (acting)	1699	1700
11		Elias Haskett	1700	1701
12		Ellis Lightfoot	1701	1705
13		Edward Birch	1706	1706
14		Thomas Walker	1706	1706
Privateer's Republic (1706-1718)
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1706-1776)
15		Woodes Rogers	26 July 1718	1721
16		George Phenney	1721	1728
17		Woodes Rogers	August 1729	16 July 1732
-		Richard Thompson (acting)	1732	1733
18		Richard Fitzwilliams	November 1733	1740
19		John Tinker	1740	1758
-		John Gambier (acting)	1758	1760
20		William Shirley	1760	1768
21		Sir Thomas Shirley, 1st Baronet	28 November 1768	1774
22		Montfort Browne	1774	3 March 1776
Commandant of the Bahama Islands (during American occupation, 1776)
1		Samuel Nicholas	3 March 1776	17 March 1776
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands(1776-1782)
-		John Gambier (acting)	17 March 1776	1778
22		Montfort Browne	1778	1779
23		John Robert Maxwell	1780	8 May 1782
Governors of Louisiana (during Spanish occupation)
1		Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez	8 May 1782	19 April 1783
Royal Governors of the Bahama Islands (1783-1969)
-		Andrew de Vau (acting)	1783	1783
23		John Robert Maxwell	1783	1784
24		James Edward Powell	1784	1786
-		John Brown (acting)	1786	1787
25		John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore	1787	1796
-		Robert Hunt (acting)	1796	14 February 1797
26		John Forbes	14 February 1797	June 1797
27		Lieutenant-General William Dowdeswell	20 November 1797	1801
28		John Halkett	1801	1804
28		Charles Cameron	8 May 1804	1820
30		Lewis Grant	1821	1829
31		Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Baronet	1829	1833
32		Blayney Townley Balfour	1833	1835
33		William MacBean George Colebrooke	1835	1837
34		Sir Francis Cockburn	1837	1844
35		George Benvenuto Matthew	1844	1849
36		John Gregory	1849	1854
37		Sir Alexander Bannerman	1854	1857
38		Charles John Bayley	1857	1864
39		Rawson William Rawson	1864	1869
40		Sir James Walker	1869	1871
41		George Cumine Strahan KCMG	1871	1873
42		Sir John Pope Hennessy KCMG	1873	1874
43		Sir William Robinson	1874	1880
44		Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan	1880	1881
45		Sir Charles Cameron Lees KCMG	1882	January 1884
46		Sir Henry Arthur Blake GCMG, DL	4 January 1884	1887
47		Sir Ambrose Shea KCMG	1887	1895
48		Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith	1895	1898
49		Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter	1898	1904
50		Sir William Grey-Wilson	29 November 1904	1912
51		Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith	29 October 1912	1914
52		Sir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG	15 June 1914	1920
53		Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux KCMG, CB	8 December 1920	1926
54		Sir Charles William James Orr	15 March 1927	January 1932
55		Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford	10 January 1932	1934
-		Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas (acting)	1934	1940
56		HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor	18 August 1940	1945
57		Sir William Lindsay Murphy	28 July 1945	1950
58		Sir George Ritchie Sandford	5 January 1950	December 1950
59		Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville	7 December 1950	1953
60		Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly	21 December 1953	1956
61		Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur	1 April 1957	1960
62		Sir Robert Stapeldon	18 July 1960	1964
63		Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton GCMG, GCVO, OBE, GCSt.J. P.C	3 June 1964	1968
64		Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce KCMG	1 November 1968	1969
Governors of the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands (1969–1973)
65		Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce KCMG	1969	1972
66		Sir John Warburton Paul GCMG, OBE, MC	14 May 1972	10 July 1973
On the 10 July 1973 the Bahamas gained full independance from the United Kingdom and the post of Governor was essentially replaced by a Governor-General

Governors on Eleuthera (1648–1657)

• William Sayle, 1648–1657

Proprietary Governors of the Bahamas (1670–1706)

On 1 November 1670, the Bahamas were granted to the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina:

• The Duke of Albemarle, 1670 – November 1688
• Lord Craven, 1670–9 April 1697
• Lord Ashley, 1670–1717
• Peter Colleton, 1670–1717
• Sir George Carteret, 1670–1680

The islands were largely left to themselves, but the Lords Proprietors appointed Proprietary Governors to administer them:

• Hugh Wentworth, 1671
• John Wentworth, December 1671–1676
• Charles Chillingworth, 1676–1677
• Roger Clarke, 1677–1682
• Richard Lilburne, 1684

In 1684, a joint French and Spanish fleet destroyed Charles Town (modern Nassau).

• Thomas Bridges, 1687–1690
• Cadwallader Jones, 1690–1693
• Nicholas Trott, 1694–1696
• Nicholas Webb, 1697–1699
• Read Elding, 1699–1700, acting
• Elias Haskett, 1700–1701
• Ellis Lightfoot, 1701–1705
• Edward Birch, 1706
• Thomas Walker, 1706

Pirate Rule (1706–1718)

Starting around 1706 and lasting until 26 July 1718, the Bahamas were ruled by the anarchic Privateer's Republic, including:

• Edward Teach (Blackbeard), Chief Magistrate
• Thomas Barrow
• Benjamin Hornigold

Governors of the Bahamas (1717–1969)

In 1717 the Bahamas became a British crown colony. The pirates were driven out in 1718 by Woodes Rogers, the colony's first governor.

• Woodes Rogers, 26 July 1718–1721, first time
• George Phenney, 1721–1728
• Woodes Rogers, August 1729–16 July 1732, second time
• Richard Thompson, 1732–1733, acting
• Richard Fitzwilliams, November 1733–1740
• John Tinker, 1740–1758
• John Gambier, 1758–1760, acting, first time
• William Shirley, 1760–1768
• Thomas Shirley, 28 November 1768–1774
• Montfort Browne, 1774–3 March 1776

• Samuel Nicholas, 3 March 1776 – 17 March 1776, Commandant (American occupation)

• John Gambier, 17 March 1776–1778, acting, second time
• Montfort Browne, 1778–1779, restored
• John Robert Maxwell, 1780–8 May 1782

• Bernardo de Gálvez, 8 May 1782 – 19 April 1783, Governor of Louisiana (Spanish occupation)

• Andrew de Vau, 1783 acting
• John Robert Maxwell, 1783–1784, restored
• James Edward Powell, 1784–1786
• John Brown, 1786–1787, acting
• Lord Dunmore, 1787–1796
• Robert Hunt, 1796–14 February 1797, acting
• John Forbes, 14 February 1797 – June 1797
• William Dowdeswell, 20 November 1797–1801
• John Halkett, 1801–1804
• Charles Cameron, 8 May 1804–1820
• Lewis Grant, 1821–1829
• James Carmichael Smyth, 1829–1833
• Blayney Townley Balfour, 1833–1835
• William Macbean George Colebrooke, 1835–1837
• Francis Cockburne, 1837–1844
• George Benvenuto Matthew, 1844–1849
• John Gregory, 1849–1854
• Sir Alexander Bannerman, 1854–1857
• Charles John Bayley, 1857–1864
• Rawson William Rawson, 1864–1869
• Sir James Walker, 1869–1871
• George Cumine Strahan, 1871–1873
• Sir John Pope Hennessy, 1873–1874
• Sir William Robinson, 1874–1880
• Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, 1880–1881
• Sir Charles Cameron Lees, 1882 – January 1884
• Sir Henry Arthur Blake, 4 January 1884–1887
• Sir Ambrose Shea, 1887–1895
• Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith, 1895–1898
• Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, 1898–1904
• Sir William Grey-Wilson, 29 November 1904–1912
• Sir George Basil Haddon-Smith, 29 October 1912–1914
• Sir William Lamond Allardyce, 15 June 1914–1920
• Sir Harry Edward Spiller Cordeaux, 8 December 1920–1926
• Sir Charles William James Orr, 15 March 1927 – January 1932
• Sir Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, 10 January 1932–1934
• Sir Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, 1934–1940, acting to 1937
• HRH The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, 18 August 1940–1945
• Sir William Lindsay Murphy, 28 July 1945–1950
• Sir George Ritchie Sandford, 5 January 1950 – December 1950
• Sir Robert Arthur Ross Neville, 7 December 1950–1953
• Lord Ranfurly, 21 December 1953–1956
• Sir Oswald Raynor Arthur, 1 April 1957–1960
• Sir Robert Stapeldon, 18 July 1960–1964
• Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, 3 June 1964–1968
• Sir Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 1 November 1968–1969

Governors of the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands (1969–1973)

In 1969, the crown colony became the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands.

• Sir Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 1969–1972, continued
• Sir John Warburton Paul, 14 May 1972 – 10 July 1973

Letter to Live in Belgium

•Comment: Francais :Bonjour, je suis désolé, je ne parle pas très bon francais, mais je voudrais connaître si j'et deux amis peuvent louer votre Flat-Studio année prochaine mai. J'ai 18 ans, et mes amis ont 18 ans et 20 ans, mais nous avons assez d'argent louer votre Flat-Studio. S'il vous plaît répondez. English: Hello I'm sorry that I don't speak alot of French, but I would like to know if I and two friends can rent your Flat-Studio next year May (2013). I am 18 years old and my friends are 18 years and 20 years old respectively. I want you to know that we are old enough to pay and have enough money for the rent, please repond.

External links

• http://www.rulers.org/rulb1.html

Category:History of the Bahamas

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Antigua and Barbuda (/ænˈtiːɡə ænd bɑːrˈbjuːdə/ ^ⓘ; Spanish for "ancient" and "bearded") is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

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Antigua was first settled by Archaic Age hunter-gatherer Amerindians, erroneously referred to as Siboney or Ciboney. Carbon-dating has established that the earliest settlements started around 3100 BC. They were succeeded by the Ceramic Age pre-Columbian Arawak-speaking Saladoid people who migrated from the lower Orinoco River...