Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A group of ten former British colonies in the West Indies, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. It was established in 1958 and slated for independence in 1962 but broke up in May 1962 because of economic disagreements among the members. Most of the constituent islands and island groups gained their independence as separate nations in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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The West Indies Federation came to an end in 1962, but its end, in many ways must be regarded as the real beginning of what is now the Caribbean Community.
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The People's National Movement announced that the colony of Trinidad and Tobago would seek independence outside the West Indies Federation.
1962, Jan. 15 2001
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Jamaica voted to withdraw from the West Indies Federation.
e. British Caribbean Territories and Guyana (British Guiana) 2001
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The British government announced its decision to dissolve the West Indies Federation in view of the recent withdrawals.
1962, Jan. 15 2001
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And highlighting the background against which they pursued this idea, he observed that from most of the people of his generation the collapse of the West Indies Federation was something of a distant memory.
Stabroek News Stabroek staff 2010
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And highlighting the background against which they pursued this idea, he observed that from most of the people of his generation the collapse of the West Indies Federation was something of a distant memory.
Stabroek News Stabroek staff 2010
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Shortly thereafter, Dominica was transferred from the Leeward Island Administration and was governed as part of the Windwards until 1958, when it joined the short-lived West Indies Federation.
ScreenTalk 2010
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Shortly thereafter, Dominica was transferred from the Leeward Island Administration and was governed as part of the Windwards until 1958, when it joined the short-lived West Indies Federation.
unknown title 2009
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Ministerial government was introduced in 1956, and in 1958 St. Lucia joined the short-lived West Indies Federation, a semi-autonomous dependency of the United Kingdom.
unknown title 2009
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They were part of the colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871-1956, and of the West Indies Federation from 1958-62.
unknown title 2009
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