CHAGUARAMAS HISTORY

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 Amerindians have existed in Trinidad for as long as 6,000 years before the arrival of Columbus, and numbered at least 40,000 at the time of the Spanish settlement in 1592 

On behalf of the King and Queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus arrived on the shores of Trinidad & Tobago

 Trinidad's French history came about as a result of the proclamation of the second Cedula de Población (Cedula of Population) that allowed Catholic settlers and their enslaved workers as well as free colored's entry into Trinidad.  

 Spanish decree over the island, ended after the final Spanish Governor, Don José Maria Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet of 18 warships under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby on February 18, 1797. 

 There was a whaling Station at Point Baleine in the northwestern point of Gaspar Grande island. 

 Chaguaramas then became a united states naval base and came into full operation in 1943. the importance of Chaguaramas to the world war II effort was even greater increased with the construction in 1966 of one of the eight Omega navigation systems in the world 

Chaguaramas Slave Revolt 

 On April 22, 1960 the Governing party organized a rally. It began with speeches at Woodford Square. The choice of speakers - CLR James, Lennox Pierre, Janet Jagan, all known socialist - was a clear signal to the US.

 Chaguaramas was the location charted for the creation of the capital of the short-lived West Indies Federation . It is also the place where the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed.

The Incident that shook the Northwestern Peninsula