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20 Cards in this Set
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August 3 1492
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Christopher Columbus sets sail
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who sailed the ocean blue?
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October 11 1492
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ChristopherColumbus arrives in the Bahamas
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who sailed the ocean blue?
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Christmas Day 1492
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the Santa Maria sank
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shipwreck
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1633
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sir Robert Heath our first proprietary governor
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proprietary government
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1648
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The Elutherean Adventurers
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William Sayle
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1670
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six men are made Lord prioprieters
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proprietary government
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1670-1718
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golden age of piracy
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arrgh!
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1783
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the first loyalists come to the Bahamas from St. Augustine, Florida
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1807
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abolition of the slave trade
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August 2 1834
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emancipation of slaves
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1861-1865
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blockade running
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1919-1933
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the prohibition
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1942
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the Burma road riot
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1953
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the plp was formed
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1958
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the general strike
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1962
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the women's suffrage movement
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1964
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Bahamas internally self governed
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1967
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majority rules day
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1972
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Fnm was formed
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July 10 1973
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independence for the Bahamas
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