The History of the British Virgin Islands is usually, for convenience, broken up into five separate periods:
- Pre-Columbian Amerindian settlement, up to an uncertain date
- Nascent European settlement, from approximately 1612 until 1672
- British control, from 1672 until 1834
- Emancipation, from 1834 until 1950
- The modern state, from 1950 to present day
These time periods are used for convenience only. There appears to be an uncertain period of time from when the last Arawaks left what would later be called the British Virgin Islands until the first Europeans started to settle there in the early 17th century, but each period commences with a dramatic change from the time period which precedes it, and so is a convenient way to compartmentalise the subject.
Read more about History Of The British Virgin Islands: Pre-Columbian Settlement, 1492 - Early European Exploration, 1672 - British Colonisation, Slavery Economy, 1834 - Emancipation, Modern Developments
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