It would be difficult to overestimate the impact on Antigua's history of the arrival, one fateful day in 1684, of Sir Christopher Codrington. An enterprising man, Codrington had come to Antigua to find out if the island would support the sort of large-scale sugar cultivation that already flourished elsewhere in the Caribbean.
The Arawaks Indians were mostly farmers who brought with them a host of goods ranging from pineapples, tobacco and cotton. Most of the Arawaks left around 1100 A.D. Those who chose to stay were raided by the Caribs, an Amerindian tribe based in Dominica.
After unsuccessful attempts at colonization by the Spaniards and French, Antigua was colonized by Sir Thomas Warner in 1632 and formally became a British colony in 1667. Britain annexed Barbuda in 1628; in 1680, Charles II granted the island to the Codrington family, who held it until 1860, in which year it was annexed to Antigua.
Antigua and Barbuda joined the West Indies Federation in 1958. With the separation of the alliance, it got to be one of the West Indies Associated States in 1967, self-representing its interior issues.
Designed by Sir Reginald Samuel, a high school art teacher in Antigua and Barbuda, the national flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted on February 27, 1967. The Antigua and Barbuda shows an inverted isosceles triangle on the top edge. There are three horizontal bands of different colors: white, blue, and black. At the bottom of the black area is 16-pointed yellow star/sun symbol. The sun in the flag represents the dawning of a new era.
The hues in the banner have distinctive implications. The red shading speaks to the vitality of the general population, blue symbolizes trust and dark speak to African lineage. The V shape remains for triumph. For the special events, the Flag Company Inc invented beautiful decals and flags for the history support.
The Arawaks Indians were mostly farmers who brought with them a host of goods ranging from pineapples, tobacco and cotton. Most of the Arawaks left around 1100 A.D. Those who chose to stay were raided by the Caribs, an Amerindian tribe based in Dominica.
After unsuccessful attempts at colonization by the Spaniards and French, Antigua was colonized by Sir Thomas Warner in 1632 and formally became a British colony in 1667. Britain annexed Barbuda in 1628; in 1680, Charles II granted the island to the Codrington family, who held it until 1860, in which year it was annexed to Antigua.
Antigua and Barbuda joined the West Indies Federation in 1958. With the separation of the alliance, it got to be one of the West Indies Associated States in 1967, self-representing its interior issues.
Designed by Sir Reginald Samuel, a high school art teacher in Antigua and Barbuda, the national flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted on February 27, 1967. The Antigua and Barbuda shows an inverted isosceles triangle on the top edge. There are three horizontal bands of different colors: white, blue, and black. At the bottom of the black area is 16-pointed yellow star/sun symbol. The sun in the flag represents the dawning of a new era.
The hues in the banner have distinctive implications. The red shading speaks to the vitality of the general population, blue symbolizes trust and dark speak to African lineage. The V shape remains for triumph. For the special events, the Flag Company Inc invented beautiful decals and flags for the history support.
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