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    United States Virgin Islands

    Territory of the United States

    Not to be confused with British Virgin Islands or Spanish Virgin Islands.

    Unincorporated and organized U.S. territory in the United States

    The United States Virgin Islands,[b] officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States.[8] The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.[9] The islands have a tropical climate.

    The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas and 50 other surrounding minor islands and cays.[10] The total nation area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.36 km2).[8] The territory's capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.

    Previously known as the Danish West Indies of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway (from 1754 to 1

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    The History of the British Virgin Islands is usually, for convenience, broken up into five separate periods:

    • Pre-Columbian Amerindian settlement, up to an uncertain date
    • Nascent European settlement, from approximately 1612 until 1672
    • British control, from 1672 until 1834
    • Emancipation, from 1834 until 1950
    • The modern state, from 1950 to present day

     

    Pre-Columbian settlement

    The first recorded settlement of the Territory was by Arawak Indians who came from South America, in around 100 BC. Vernon Pickering places the date later, at around 200 AD, and suggests that the Arawak may have been preceded by the Ciboney Indians. They are thought to have settled in nearby St. Thomas as early as 300 BC. There is some evidence of Amerindian presence on the islands. Perhaps in seasonal fishing camps, as far back as 1500 BC. There is little academic support for the idea of a permanent settlement on any of the current British Virgin Islands at that time.

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    The Virgin Islands were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. They became the possession of Great Britian in 1666 when the English Planters took control from the Dutch settlers and have been a British colony since 1672. The Virgin Islands became a Territory on July 1, 1956 and is currently a British Overseas Territory which falls under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom (UK).

    The Constitution of the Virgin Islands provides for a Cabinet comprising the Premier, four (4) Ministers and an Attorney General (ex-officio member). The Premier is the head of government.

    Elections are governed by two authorities; the Elections Act and Amendments and the Virgin Islands Constitution Order. The Elections Act was introduced in 1994 with amendments in 1998, 2003, 2007 and 2011. The Virgin Islands Constitution was introduced in 1976 with amendments in 1979, 1982, 1991, 1994, 2000 and 2007. Prior to 1976 the Constitution Order was referred to as The Virgin Islands (Emergency Powers) Orde