History of Jamaica

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Kingston_(current)
gptkb:Spanish_Town_(former)
gptkbp:coversPeriod gptkb:Pre-Columbian_era
Spanish colonization
British colonization
Post-independence era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label History of Jamaica
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Establishment_of_the_Maroon_Treaty_in_1739
Abolition of slavery in 1834
Arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494
British conquest in 1655
Earthquake of 1692
Hurricane Charlie in 1951
Independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865
Rastafari movement emergence in 1930s
Spanish rule (1509–1655)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Alexander_Bustamante
gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkb:Marcus_Garvey
gptkb:Queen_Nanny
gptkb:Norman_Manley
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkb:West_Indies_Federation
gptkb:Maroon_communities
gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade
Plantation economy
Caribbean history
gptkbp:topic gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_conquest_of_Jamaica_(1655)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6