FATIMAH M
RANDOM FACT
The colony's capital was at Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812)
The London-based Booker Group of companies dominated the economy of British Guiana. The Bookers had owned sugar plantations in the colony since the early 19th century; by the end of the century they owned a majority of them; and by 1950 owned all but three. With the increasing success and wealth of the Booker Group, they expanded internationally and diversified by investing in rum, pharmaceuticals, publishing, advertising, retail stores, timber, and petroleum, among other industries. The Booker Group became the largest employer in the colony.
THE ECONOMY
The economy of British Guiana was completely based on sugarcane production until the 1880s, when falling cane sugar prices stimulated a shift toward rice farming, mining and forestry. Sugarcane remained a significant part of the economy – in 1959 sugar still accounted for nearly 50% of exports. Under the British, cane planting expanded to richer coastal lands, with greater coastline protection.
Rum and molasses formed over 80% of British Guiana’s exports but sugar was also a very important product and the export of it was forbidden to anywhere but Britain.
BRITISH GUIANA
HOW WAS IT ESTABLISHED?
1831-1966
The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in Guiana starting in the early 17th century, when they founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In 1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies. Britain returned control to the Batavian Republic in 1802 but captured the colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars. The colonies were officially surrendered to the United Kingdom in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 and made into a single colony in 1831. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.
The colony supported the war effort in a number of ways. In late 1914, the colony made a £20,000 gift of rice, a weight of 500,000 pounds, to the British Government, whilst members of the public raised money for the Red Cross Fund, the National War Relief Fund, Queen Alexandra’s Fund and the Prince of Wales’ Fund. In addition, sewing guilds were established to send gifts of clothing to soldiers.
1831-1996
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FATIMAH M
RANDOM FACT
The colony's capital was at Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812)
The London-based Booker Group of companies dominated the economy of British Guiana. The Bookers had owned sugar plantations in the colony since the early 19th century; by the end of the century they owned a majority of them; and by 1950 owned all but three. With the increasing success and wealth of the Booker Group, they expanded internationally and diversified by investing in rum, pharmaceuticals, publishing, advertising, retail stores, timber, and petroleum, among other industries. The Booker Group became the largest employer in the colony.
THE ECONOMY
The economy of British Guiana was completely based on sugarcane production until the 1880s, when falling cane sugar prices stimulated a shift toward rice farming, mining and forestry. Sugarcane remained a significant part of the economy – in 1959 sugar still accounted for nearly 50% of exports. Under the British, cane planting expanded to richer coastal lands, with greater coastline protection. Rum and molasses formed over 80% of British Guiana’s exports but sugar was also a very important product and the export of it was forbidden to anywhere but Britain.
BRITISH GUIANA
HOW WAS IT ESTABLISHED?
1831-1966
The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in Guiana starting in the early 17th century, when they founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In 1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies. Britain returned control to the Batavian Republic in 1802 but captured the colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars. The colonies were officially surrendered to the United Kingdom in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 and made into a single colony in 1831. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.
The colony supported the war effort in a number of ways. In late 1914, the colony made a £20,000 gift of rice, a weight of 500,000 pounds, to the British Government, whilst members of the public raised money for the Red Cross Fund, the National War Relief Fund, Queen Alexandra’s Fund and the Prince of Wales’ Fund. In addition, sewing guilds were established to send gifts of clothing to soldiers.
1831-1996