What did Trinidad get when they were independent?

• In 1814, the British crown gained possession of Tobago, which it maintained for a century and a half. The British first ruled Tobago as a separate colony, but during much of the 19th century administered the island from the Windward Islands government. read more

Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889. Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962 and became a republic in 1976. read more

Caribbean nations then sought independent status on a colony-by-colony basis, and so, Jamaica became the first Caribbean country to gain independent status from Britain in 1961, and this a patttern of independent small islands emerged. read more