Hello, my
name is Makia Hancock I am an eighteen-year-old freshman student at Georgia
Gwinnett College. I am an aspiring case manager with a psychology major. I love
being able to help people and give them my advice when needed. Some of my favorite
hobbies are shopping, cooking, and fashion. I love thrifting and bringing old
things back into style. I also like integrating different styles allowing them
to create my own unique style.
The island of Anguilla was the home for many Arawaks before disappearing and being colonized by the British in 1950. The island was later attacked and harassed by many neighboring islands, French, and Indian settlers because of its resources and location for trade. During the 17 th century they began to experience privation because the need for tobacco and cotton the island's cash crop had decreased. Although the need of tobacco had decreased the need for sugar in Europe had increased causing the island settlers to begin growing sugarcane. Sugar had become the island's source of income and to meet demands of sugar the settlers began using slave labor. Anguilla economic development continued to be unsettled because of the continuous attacks by the French. In 1825 the British government gave Saint Kitts the power to make all laws for Anguilla. Many Anguillan people opposed the idea and protested the power of Saint Kitts. In 1834 Britain ended slavery in the colonies causing the...
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