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The Caribs and the Arawaks were progressively wiped out by
the after-effects of the Spanish conquest, with the more
peaceful Arawak tribes suffering the greater losses
The British settled on the islands in the 17th century
It was made a British colony in 1783
1914 - 1918 WW1
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Arawakan and Cariban words such as avocado, barbecue,
buccaneer, canoe, cannibal, hurricane, iguana and maize have
become part of the English language
The Bahamas became independent in 1973.
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