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?
who is the "original" people of any given territory?
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