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| Originally discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, St.
Kitts and Nevis remained inhabited by the Carib Indians until the British arrived on St.
Kitts in 1623. A couple of years later, a French ship trying to escape a Spanish attack,
eventually landed and teamed-up with the British to drive out the Indians and fight off
the Spanish. It wasn't long until the British and French began to battle between themselves, and over a century's time neither country owned the island for very long. Finally in 1783 due to the Treaty of Versailles, St. Kitts became the permanent property of the British. All was calm until 1825 when out of the blue the British government declared Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis a single Crown Colony. Eventually in 1967 Anguilla declared itself independent from the group. Even today the three islands bicker between one another in a jealousy game.
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