West Indies Federation

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British colonial entity federation former country political union

The West Indies Federation was a short-lived political union (1958–1962) of several British Caribbean colonies formed in an attempt to create an independent, unified Caribbean nation.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial entity → federation → former country → political union →
capital	Port of Spain → Port of Spain, Trinidad → Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago →
colonialPower	United Kingdom →
countryStatus	no longer exists →
currency	West Indies dollar →
dissolutionYear	1962 →
endDate	1962-05-31 →
establishmentYear	1958 →
flagDescription	blue field with a white wavy band and ten orange discs →
governmentType	federal parliamentary democracy →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister →
headOfStateTitle	Monarch →
independenceGoal	full independence from the United Kingdom →
legislature	Federal Parliament →
locatedIn	Americas → Caribbean Sea → West Indies →
lowerHouse	House of Representatives →
memberState	Antigua and Barbuda → Barbados → British Virgin Islands → Dominica → Grenada → Jamaica → Montserrat → Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla → Saint Lucia → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Trinidad and Tobago →
monarch	Elizabeth II →
officialLanguage	English →
politicalStatus	self-governing federation under British sovereignty →
primeMinister	Grantley Adams → Grantley Herbert Adams →
purpose	to create a unified, independent Caribbean nation →
reasonForDissolution	disagreements over federal powers and finances → internal political conflicts → withdrawal of Jamaica →
region	Caribbean →
shortLived	true →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
startDate	1958-01-03 →
successorState	Jamaica → Trinidad and Tobago →
upperHouse	Senate →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Parliament → Federal Parliament ("British Caribbean territories of the West Indies Federation") →	appliesToJurisdiction
British West Indies ("British West Indies Federation") → Federal Parliament ("government of the West Indies Federation") →	partOf
Federal Parliament →	country
Federal Parliament →	legislativeBodyFor
British West Indies →	significantEvent