History of Trinidad and Tobago 1700s

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History of Trinidad and Tobago 1700s

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In 1759 the Mission of Arima was formed, consolidated and enlarged in 1785, and the Amerindians were to have had control of 2,000 acres of land.

1763. By the Treaty of Paris, England claim to Tobago was guaranteed.

1768. The First meeting of the Tobago House of Assembly and Legislative Council held.

1770 Sugar exported from Tobago for the first time.

1773. A U.S.A fleet attempted to capture the island of Tobago was stopped by the British.

1781. The French defeated the British after a long battle on land and sea for Tobago .

1781 - The French capture Tobago from the Spanish, transforming it into a sugar-producing colony.

1783. By Royal proclamation, large numbers of Catholics were offered special privileges to Migrate to Trinidad. Many French families took advantage of this proclamation especially so after the French Revolution.

In 1783 Trinidad's Amerindians were displaced from their lands to make way for the influx of French planters and their African slaves.

1793. Tobago is re-taken by the British.

1797. The Spanish Government in Trinidad surrendered to the British.

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1797 February 18th - A British naval expedition captures Trinidad from Spain.

HOW : - Three hundred years of Spanish rule ended in 1797, after being harassed by the British who had effected a virtual blockade of Trinidad, Spanish Rear Admiral Apodaca, when out gunned by the Bristish, scuttled his fleet in the Chaguaramas bay.
In response to British raids on Spanish shipping in the West Indies, Spanish Governor Chacon built additional forts on Gaspar Grande on the property of Nicholas de Percin. Governor Chacon however realized that Spanish protection was inadequate even though Rear Admiral Apodaca who arrived in January 1797, his arrival boosted their defence to four (4) ships and (1) one frigate. Chacon’s fears were realized when in February 1797. British Admiral Harvey appeared off Trinidad with seventeen (17) armed ships and forty (40) transports and eight thousand (8,000) men under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby. Admiral Apodaca realizing he was out gunned and outnumbered by the British fleet, destroyed his fleet rather than let them fall into the hands of the British. The British Admiral Harvey engaged the forts on Gaspar Grande, after a brief exchange, the Spanish evacuated the forts after realizing that they were definitely out gunned. The British then easily went on to capture the country in the name of England.

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