Great Britian Influence on Bahamas
Culture is the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. Culture is the vision of life acquired through the transmission of values from the past. When we talk of a cultured person therefore, we are referring to the process of change that has taken place in him. In other words, a 'cultured man', is a product of culture. This will manifest itself by the way he lives, the way he talks, by what he does and above all by his likes, tastes and attitudes. Indeed, it is the level of culture that accounts for the way a man thinks and acts. In brief, culture is a process of change within man. By this I mean to say that man is a product of culture.
The Bahamas culture was influence by many nations, which brought their own facts into our reality. I am here today to talk about the influence Great Britain has on the Bahamian culture. The influence starts from 1647 and is present up to this very moment. This influence covers the colonial period to the post-independence period. Many areas of the Bahamian lifestyle have been impacted by the British from our laws, parliamentary system, courts, social traditions and educations.
During the American journey for independence from Great Britain between 1783 and 1785, the men and woman fled from America and came to the Bahamas. They were called loyalists because their allegiance was to British Crown. The loyalist settled in various island such as Abaco, New Providence, Eleuthera, Exuma, Cat Island, Long Island, Croocked Island, Acklins, San Salvador and Turks and Caicos Island. With this the descendants of the Loyalists, Asians and Europeans came into our islands. According to ____ at least ten to fifteen percent of the Bahamian population they made up.
The loyalist had a tremendous impact upon the life and times of the Bahamas. Their arrival in the Bahamas caused population to increase. With the population increasing, many parts of the Bahamas were affected and influence. Some of the
The Bahamas culture was influence by many nations, which brought their own facts into our reality. I am here today to talk about the influence Great Britain has on the Bahamian culture. The influence starts from 1647 and is present up to this very moment. This influence covers the colonial period to the post-independence period. Many areas of the Bahamian lifestyle have been impacted by the British from our laws, parliamentary system, courts, social traditions and educations.
During the American journey for independence from Great Britain between 1783 and 1785, the men and woman fled from America and came to the Bahamas. They were called loyalists because their allegiance was to British Crown. The loyalist settled in various island such as Abaco, New Providence, Eleuthera, Exuma, Cat Island, Long Island, Croocked Island, Acklins, San Salvador and Turks and Caicos Island. With this the descendants of the Loyalists, Asians and Europeans came into our islands. According to ____ at least ten to fifteen percent of the Bahamian population they made up.
The loyalist had a tremendous impact upon the life and times of the Bahamas. Their arrival in the Bahamas caused population to increase. With the population increasing, many parts of the Bahamas were affected and influence. Some of the