jamaica Timeline
2004
A walk through the sand...
Hurricane Ivan tears through the Caribbean.
1655
Jamaica is seized
by the British
for land.
1492
The island is discovered
when Columbus first landed
in the new world.
1838
Present Day
Jamaica is rebuilt and thriving today!
Slavery
is
abolished.
1988
Hurricane Gilbert
causes massive
destruction.
Jamaica
1962
Jamaican Independence
sometime before 1492
1870
Bananas are introduced
as food while the sugar
industry grows.
The Ciboney,
Arwack,
and the Carid Indians
first inhabited Jamaica
1939-1945
World War II
1884
New constitution is adopted.