Trinidad and Tobago Summary 20-40

   Hunters and gatherers, Meso-Indians lived on the island of Trinidad, leaving behind stone tools and shell middens. The second set of settlers arrived on Tobago, from South America around 300 B.C They were farmers who could make pots and cloth and who cultivated potatoes and cassava, which was then used to make bread. They colonized the Antilles and spoke dialects of Arawak. Around 1000 A.D another group came that spoke with a Carib dialect.
   Soon after Christopher Columbus arrived,1498, the Spanish raided Trinidad for slaves. For two centuries the Spanish colony settled in 1592 at St. Joseph Trinidad, due to little investment the British and Dutch came in; 1797 Trinidad was invaded by the British and the Spanish surrendered.
   During World War I, life became very hard for working men in Trinidad, a lot of political unrest and strikes occurred. In 1925 the franchise was extended and Indians and trade union reps. were elected to the legislature. As the worldwide depression began to hit Trinidad, workers grew poorer and the people began to suffer from hunger.
    Tobago was a British colony unrelated to Trinidad. Once the merged together the government shifted even though taxes and legislature remain separated. In 1962 Independence occurred and the island became part of Britain's Commonwealth and was to be ruled by someone appointed by Britain. However due to the constitution in 1976 changed that rule.Trinidad and Tobago's government was followed in the same setup and the United States, legislature, judicial, cabinet, and political.

Reflection: There was a lot of confusion occurring when these two countries were going through colonization, different leaders, suffrages, and slavery.

Question: Why should other be in control of a place they don't even come from? Who gives anyone the right to say that something is theirs when its really not?

Trinidad and Tobago Summary 1-20

     Trinidad and Tobago by Sean Sheeban, states many different facts about Trinidad. Trinidad and Tobago are two small islands off the north coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean sea. Along with other countries, Dominica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, and other all fall in the long chain of the West Indies. The West Indies separate the Caribbean sea from from the Atlantic ocean.
     The island has a total area of 1,864 square miles and is the more industrialized of the two islands. Tobago, just 7 miles northeast of Trinidad, is smaller at 116 square miles. Trinidad has three ranges of hills running across it from west to east, part of this range starts in the Andes Mountains and extends along the Paria Peninsula to the islands. The hills on the east are known as the Trinity and along these ranges are swamps known as the Caroni ans Nariva Swamp.
     Both islands have a tropical climate of high relative humidity and distinct seasons, dry in December and May, with a wet season between June and November, June being the wettest month, raining about every afternoon everyday. During the dry season, February being the driest month, at an averages of 70 degrees. April is the hottest month with temperature highs of around 85-100 degrees.
     Trinidad's the third largest and most newly developed town is Chaguanas, located halfway between San Fernando and Port-of-Spain. It is now an important business center servicing the oil industry, and like San Fernando and Arima, Chaguanas was once home to the Caribbean Indians. The southern end of Trinidad is dominated by heavy industry, with serval towns supporting the workers.

Question: Why is Trinidad and Tobago considered to be one country when they are not joined together?