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  • 101Guyana — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Guyana <p></p> Background: <p></p> Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to black …

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  • 102Honduras — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Honduras <p></p> Background: <p></p> Once part of Spain s vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of… …

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  • 103Lesotho — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Lesotho <p></p> Background: <p></p> Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled the country… …

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  • 104Marshall Islands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Marshall Islands <p></p> Background: <p></p> After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands …

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  • 105Barbados — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Barbados <p></p> Background: <p></p> The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. African slaves worked the sugar plantations established on… …

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  • 106Finland — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Finland <p></p> Background: <p></p> Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and an autonomous grand duchy of… …

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  • 107Micronesia, Federated States of — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Micronesia, Federated States of <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Federated States of Micronesia, a UN Trust Territory under US administration, adopted a constitution in …

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  • 108Morocco — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Morocco <p></p> Background: <p></p> In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, a series of Moroccan Muslim dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In …

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  • 109Saint Lucia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Saint Lucia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early… …

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  • 110Solomon Islands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Solomon Islands <p></p> Background: <p></p> The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the most bitter fighting of World War II… …

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