![]() ![]() ![]() Minorities included Indians from the subcontinent (called East Indians), Europeans, Chinese, and Caribs. The total population of the West Indies Federation was between 3 and 4 million people, with the majority being of black West African descent. Guyana opted not to join at that time due to its ongoing political and internal struggles for independence from the UK, started in the 1950s. West Indian nations of The Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Guyana opted not to join because they believed that their future lay with association with North America (for both the Bahamas and Bermuda), Central America, and the United States Virgin Islands. ![]() The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state – possibly similar to the Canadian Confederation, Australian Commonwealth, or Central African Federation however, before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts. The Federation was established by the British Caribbean Federation Act of 1956 with the aim of establishing a political union among its members. British Guiana (Guyana) and British Honduras (Belize) held observer status within the West Indies Federation. The British were interested in administrative efficiency and centralizationĮstablished on 3 January 1958, the West Indies Federation comprised the 10 territories of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, the then St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago. The idea had been discussed in the Colonial Office since the later nineteenth century, but it was brought to new life with a regional conference held at Montego Bay, Jamaica, in 1947. Map of the territories of the West Indies FederationĮstablishment of the West Indies FederationĪs part of its decision to push modified self-government, the British authorities encouraged the experiment in confederation. Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General Lord HailesĮstablished 3 January 1958 Disestablished ģ,264,600 Density 161.3 /km² (417.8 /sq mi) Caribbean Elections | West Indies FederationĮxisting from 3 January 1958 to, the West Indies Federation, was a short-lived political union between various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom. ![]()
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