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St Vincent and the Grenadines

 
British History: St Vincent and the Grenadines

St Vincent and the Grenadines form part of the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean and are an independent state within the Commonwealth. They are believed to have been named by Columbus but became a French colony until ceded to Britain by the peace of Paris in 1763.

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