British Saint Lucia (1875-1939)
British Saint Lucia (1939-1967)
British Saint Lucia (1967-1979)
In 1635 the British from Bermuda tried to settle in St. Lucia, and in the same year the Frenchman Pierre Bélien Esnanbak also mobilized 300-400 men to try to colonize the island. However, both colonies were forced to withdraw by the end of the year due to the attack of the indigenous peoples. In 1642, King Louis XIII of France incorporated the island into the American Islands Company, but the company went bankrupt in 1650, and the Frenchman Jacques Dyer de Paquet bought the colonies of Saint Lucia, Grenada and the Grenadines Islands for 41,000 francs. In 1762, the British seized the island in the Seven Years' War, but St. Lucia was reclassified as a French territory in the Peace of Paris in February of the following year. In April 1796, the British general Ralph Abel Crombie again captured St. Lucia and appointed his lieutenant, John Moore, to continue the fight against the proletariat on the island. In 1802, France recaptured the island at the Peace of Amiens, and slavery was restored by Napoleon Bonaparte. In June of the following year, British's Commodore Samuel Hood defeated the French governor Antoine Noguès to reoccupy St. Lucia and formalize British sovereignty over St. Lucia in 1814. In 1838, the island became part of the British Windward Islands.
Saint Lucia (1979-present)
The coat of arms of Saint Lucia is the coat of arms. On the blue ground, a cross is made of bamboo poles in the middle, and a stool representing African immigrants is stacked on top of it, and the upper left and lower right corners of the shield are roses symbolizing England, and in the upper right and lower left corners are lily ornaments symbolizing France. There is a helmet on it, and a hand holding a torch on a wreath. The sides of the shield are guarded by two green St. Lucian parrots. The ribbon bears the national motto: "Land, People, Light".