World War II to Century’s End

Independence came to Guyana and Barbados in 1966; the Bahamas in 1973; Grenada in 1974; Dominica in 1978; St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979; Antigua and Barbuda in 1980; Belize in 1981; St. Kitts and Nevis in 1983. Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands were still crown colonies in 2011.