Geographic History of St. Kitts
The age of the oldest rocks on St. Kitts
What is 'Over 30 million years?'
Thomas Warner were greeted by these people when he landed on St. Kitts.
Who are the Kalinago/Caribs?
Sugarcane was introduced in St. Kitts to replace this cash crop that was no longer profitable.
What is tobacco/the weed?
The Buckley's Uprising took place on St. Kitts in this year.
What is 1935?
St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla achieved this in 1967.
What is Statehood?
The highest peak at the Southeast Peninsula.
What is St. Patrick's Peak?
These other group of people may have lived on St, Kitts long before the Kalinago.
Who are the Taino/Arawak?
Sugarcane is a very sweet variety of this type of plant.
What is grass?
The workers on this estate were the first to go on strike.
What is Buckleys Estate?
This was the motto on the coat of arms for the Associated States of St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla.
What is 'Unity in Trinity'?
Once the largest salt ponds in the Leeward Islands, it is now a home for some of the largest sharks
What is the Great Salt Pond?
He was the Kalinago leader that greeted, fed, and sheltered Thomas Warner and his companions.
Who is Tegreman?
Sugar production was introduced in St. Kitts around this year.
What is 1640?
This injustice was the main cause of the Buckleys Uprising.
What is reduced pay/poor pay?
St. Kitts and Nevis gained full independence from Britian on this date.
What is 19th September 1983?
The type of lava flow that created Black Rocks.
What is a basalt lava flow?
She was the indian woman that Warner got a son with.
Who was Barbe?
After been crushed from the sugarcane in the mill, the juice next flows to this place for processing.
What is the boiling house?
The Buckleys Uprising sparked similar uprising on these three notable Caribbean Islands.
What is Barbados, Trinadad, and Jamaica?
After independence he became the first Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Who is Dr. Sir Kennedy Simmonds?
The oldest part of Nevis.
What is Saddle Hill?
This river was named Bloody River after the Carib Massacre on St. Kitts in 1626.
What is the Pelham River?
As the sugar crystalize in the curing room, this liquid, a valuable byproduct, drains out and is collected.
What is molasses?
The Buckley to many Caribbean islands gaining this from Britian. St. Kitts and Nevis was the last to do so.
What is independence?
This was the only change made to the coat of arms from Statehood to Independence.
What is the motto?