Colony of Jamaica

E240106

British colony former colony historical polity

The Colony of Jamaica was a British colonial territory in the Caribbean that existed from the mid-17th century until its independence in 1962.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Colony of Jamaica canonical	5
British Crown in colonial Jamaica	1
Colony of Jamaica (British)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
capital	Kingston ⓘ Spanish Town ⓘ
colonialPower	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
commonLanguage	Jamaican Patois ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Jamaican pound ⓘ
dateOfAbolition	1962 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment	1655 ⓘ
demonym	Jamaican ⓘ
endTime	1962 ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ surface form: Blue Ensign with Jamaican badge
formerCapital	Spanish Town ⓘ
governmentForm	British colonial administration ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritory	Jamaica ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Jamaica ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceDate	1962-08-06 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
laborSystem	African slavery ⓘ indentured labour ⓘ
laterCapital	Kingston ⓘ
legislature	House of Assembly of Jamaica ⓘ Legislative Council of Jamaica ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ West Indies ⓘ
majorIndustry	plantation agriculture ⓘ sugar production ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British West Indies ⓘ
predecessor	Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ surface form: Spanish Jamaica
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent	English conquest of Jamaica ⓘ surface form: British conquest of Jamaica Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ establishment of Crown colony government ⓘ granting of internal self-government ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime	1655 ⓘ 1656 ⓘ
successor	Jamaica ⓘ surface form: Independent State of Jamaica Jamaica ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Town → formerCapitalOf → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

Legislative Council of Jamaica → jurisdiction → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

Premier of Jamaica → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

House of Assembly of Jamaica → legislativeBodyFor → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

Governor of Jamaica → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

Governor of Jamaica → represents → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown in colonial Jamaica

Spanish colonial period in Jamaica → followedBy → Colony of Jamaica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Jamaica (British)