Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory located at the confluence of the Great and Minor Antilles. Between the British Virgin Islands (BVI, No. 77) and St. Maarten (French, Dutch, No. 87). It consists of a long spindle-shaped main island and several small surrounding islands, with a total area of about 96 square kilometers and a population of about 15,000, which is equivalent to a small township in China.
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Britain's overseas territories in the Caribbean, in addition to Montserrat (No. 80), the unfortunate egg because of the volcanic eruption and eat the relief of the British mainland for a living, the other several like the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the BVI, basically have a good life, relying on the British Empire's centuries-old financial foundation, playing with leather bag companies, offshore trusts and so on, although eating is a little indecent, in the end still make money in the pocket. Anguilla, on the other hand, is a relatively mediocre existence. The only thing that makes this island a little different from other islands is the history of Anguilla's many independent failures, so this issue mainly tells the story of "Angui".
In 1650 (the seventh year of Qing Shunzhi), the British occupied Anguilla after occupying st. Kitts island for more than twenty years. But the place is really in bad condition and there are too many threats. First came the Indians of the nearby islands, as mentioned earlier when talking about St. Lucia, these People came from the Native Americans of South America, who were quite fierce, and in 1656 (the thirteenth year of the Reign of Qing Shunzhi) destroyed the Strongholds of the British Colonists. This was followed by colonists from Europe, including French, Danish, Spanish, Dutch and other colonists, and Anguilla was attacked twice by the French in 1745 (the tenth year of the Qianlong Dynasty) and 1796 (the first year of the Qing Dynasty). Finally, there are the ubiquitous pirates, in addition to the official British pirates, there are also many wild pirates here. Thus, it was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the British colony in Anguilla stabilized, during which the colonial routine was basically the same as on other islands: the opening of sugar plantations, the introduction of forced labor by African black slaves, the production of sugar and rum in the demand of the European market...
Why is it at this point in time at the beginning of the 19th century, which is related to the situation on the European continent. Although Napoleon was defeated, the overall strength of France was still there, and after hundreds of years of scuffle, the European powers also wanted to pretend to be a Sven, and the result was that after a period of game, the situation in the Caribbean was determined in Europe in the form of a number of international treaties dominated by Britain and France. In 1825 (the fifth year of the Qing Dynasty), the British formally placed Anguilla under the jurisdiction of St. Kitts, becoming a loose alliance, a move that for the first time caused dissatisfaction among plantation owners.
But within a few years, new problems arose, and in the 19th century, due to the great development of industry, the emancipation of labor became a trend in Europe and the United States, and the original slave plantation model could not go on. In 1834 ( the fourteenth year of the Qing Dynasty ) , the British put an end to slavery plantations on the island of Anguilla , so that the disgruntled plantation owners simply sold the land to their former slaves and returned to England on their own , an essentially irresponsible practice of leaving the slaves to fend for themselves.
Over the next hundred years, due to the long drought in Anguilla, there were many major famines, and the economic level was difficult to improve. Originally part of the colony of St. Kitts and Nevis, the latter was simply unwilling to provide the necessary assistance to Anguilla, so the islanders repeatedly demanded autonomy or independence from this loose alliance, but the British government simply ignored this stubble. This is the second anguilla's independence tendency.
Time was running into the end of World War II, and the British could no longer maintain the original large colonial system. For the long-disgruntled people of Anguilla, in 1967 they expelled the Police of St. Kitts and Nevis, formed their own government, and declared independence, establishing a republic, the third attempt at independence. The uncompromising British government intervened directly in the independence, but also gave a slight compromise, and then after more than a decade of struggle, it was not until 1980 that it officially broke away from the St. Kitts-Nevis Union and became an overseas territory directly under the United Kingdom. As for full autonomy, it was already 2002 that it became a British Overseas Territory.
Anguilla's agriculture is underdeveloped, and its economy is mainly dependent on tourism and financial services, as well as some residents who go to the more developed BVI and Saint-Martin areas nearby to work. In the Caribbean, Anguilla's tourism and financial services sectors are more competitive than other British Overseas Territories, and it is not as mediocre as Montserrat's daily cry to London for help
