Capital of Jamaica Kingston

 
 
The policy or practice of acquiring full or 
Colonialism partial political control over another country, 
occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it 
economically.

 
 
 
Concerning or containing members of two 
Biracial racial groups

Battled all odds and built a hotel where she

Mary Seacole took care of soldiers who were wounded from
war

Luxury item thought to be on the island by

Gold Christopher Columbus
 Marcus Garvey Jamaica’s first national hero

An FBI Director who felt threatened by

Hoover Garvey’s actions. Tried to tear him down
fearing he was inspiring Blacks across
nations to stand up for themselves

Crimean Wars Wars fought on the Crimean Peninsula over

control over sights on the religious Holy Land

Enslaved Africans and persons of noticeable

Jamaican Maroons African descent who ran away or escaped
from their masters or owners to acquire and
preserve their freedom

Buccaneer A pirate who sails off the Spanish-American

coast
 A commander or crew member of a privateer,
Privateer often regarded as a pirate

What did Mary Seacole train as due to her

A nurse mother’s influence?

A conflict between Jamaican slaves and

The First Maroon War British beginning around 1728

The date of the successful attack on Jamaica

May 10, 1655 by Admiral William Penn and General Robert
Venables and the English army.

Loot: gold, silver and jewels Items that buccaneers and privateers stole
 The term used to describe Port Royal after
“wealthiest and wickedest city in the world”. Buccaneers and privateers boosted the
economy.

 
a person of mixed European and black 
Creole descent, especially in the Caribbean

an English mercantile company set up by the

The Royal African Company Stuart family and City of London merchants to
trade along the west coast of Africa.