St. Lucia is a small island country in the West Indies. It became independent in 1979 after being ruled by what country since 1814?

St. Lucia is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 240 miles north of Venezuela. Throughout its history, control of St. Lucia alternated between Britain and France until Britain took over in 1814. Over the years, both the British and the French brought slaves from Africa to work on the plantations. In 1834, Britain banned slavery throughout its empire. The British gradually gave St. Lucia more control over its inner affairs and the country became independent on Feb 22, 1979.

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crdemarti

Almost afraid to mention——-but we haven't seen a question from Lilly (Brian)or Brian (Lilly) this week.Have our entreaties, comments, opinions finally been heard?We can only hope.

Cheryl Love

Great Britain is not a country.

André

Since when Great Britain is or was a country?!

Noelito

Anita B Anderson, Erm, no....it didn't!

Donna Smith

Good Facts to know

innflyte

littledick, Australian has no responsibility for Greenland. Australia gets mentioned in relation to Greenland when the question is asked, what is the worlds largest island. In area Australia, an island nation, is 7,682,300 Km2 (2,966,151 sq. miles) whereas Greenland, also an island occupies s 2,166,086 km2 (836,330 sq mi) and yet Greenland is called the largest island. Go figure.

littledick

Peter Robertson, I'm not so sure Bretagne was ever a part of Britain. It's population speak Breton and settled the area from Cornwall fleeing the Saxon invaders of the big island. They have hung on to their Celtic language much more than the Cornish.

littledick

Elsy O. Stromberg, Well, Greenland is not A "country" if is meant an independent entity, since it's a part of Denmark and Australia, according to most, has continental status.

littledick

Whenever I see that name, I can't help but think of the song.

littledick

Technically, the United Kingdom. Great Britain is just an island, not a political entity. Even the French refer to the island as Gran Bretange, to distinguish it from its own "un French" region of Bretagne (Brittany).

Jonathan Morrish

The Kingdom of Great Britain (Wales, Scotland and England) only existed between 1707 and 1801 when it was replaced by the United Kingdom (more completely The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922). This means in 1814 the country that started to rule St Lucia was the UK, never Great Britain.