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History of Guyana
When the first Europeans arrived in the area around 1500, Guyana was inhabited by the Arawak & Carib tribes of American Indians. Although Guyana was first sighted by Christopher Columbus during his third voyage (in 1498), it was not settled by Europeans until the Dutch in 1616, who established three separate colonies; Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), & Demerara (1752). The British assumed control in the late eighteenth century & the Dutch formally ceded the area in 1814. In 1831 the three separate colonies became a single British colony known as British Guiana.
The "Old Residence",
a relic of colonial times is famed on Guyana.
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Escaped slaves formed their own settlements known as Maroon communities, but with the abolition of slavery in 1834 many of the former slaves began to settle in urban areas. Indentured laborers from modern day Portugal (1834), Germany (first in 1835), Ireland (1836), Scotland (1837), Malta (1839), China & India (beginning in 1838) were imported to work on the sugar plantations.
In 1889 Venezuela claimed the land up to the Essequibo. Ten years later an international tribunal ruled the land belonged to British Guyana.
During the Second World War, the United States arranged for its airforce to use British airports in South America, including those in British Guiana.
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Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 & became a republic on 23 February 1970, remaining a member of the Commonwealth. The United States State Department, along with the British government, played a strong role in influencing who would politically control Guyana after independence through the drafting of the constitution.
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