The Raid of Nassau (March 3–4, 1776) was a naval operation and amphibious assault by American forces against the British port of Nassau, Bahamas, during...
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The Raid on Nassau, on the Bahamian island of New Providence, was a privately raised Franco-Spanish expedition against the English taking place in October...
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The Raid on Nassau was a Spanish military expedition that took place in February 1720 during the War of the Quadruple Alliance wherein Spanish forces...
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Bahamas: Raid on Charles Town, a 1684 Spanish Raid Raid on Nassau, a 1703 Franco-Spanish raid during the War of the Spanish Succession Raid on Nassau (1720)...
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the ground during the Raid on Charles Town. It was rebuilt in 1695 under Governor Nicholas Trott and renamed Nassau in honour of King William III, who...
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and his crew returned to Nassau to surrender to Woodes Rogers. In August of 1720, Rackham stole the sloop William out of Nassau harbor. Alongside him was...
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Fort Montagu (section Raid on Nassau)
a small fort of four cannon on the eastern shore of New Providence Island (Nassau) Bahamas. Peter Henry Bruce oversaw the construction of the fort that...
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This is a list of governors of the Bahamas. The first English settlement in the Bahamas was on Eleuthera. In 1670, the king granted the Bahamas to the...
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Esek Hopkins (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
poorly guarded and had friends there who would help his cause. The Raid of Nassau, an assault on the British colony there March 3, 1776 was also the first...
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Northwest Cay Noss Mangrove Island Nun Jack Cay Nurse Cay Nurse Channel Cay Nassau O'Brien Cay Ocean Cay Old Yankee Cay Orange Cay Outer Point Cay Over Yonder...
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Bahamian Creole (category Languages of the Bahamas)
Mary one gern Nassau ('Mary is the only one who is going to Nassau') Verb usage in the Bahamianese differs significantly from that of Standard English...
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Eleutheran Adventurers (redirect from Articles of 1647)
Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans and religious Independents who left Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas in the...
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This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters...
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King of the Bahamas. The politics of The Bahamas takes place within a framework of parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as the Head of Government...
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of the Bahamas "'Rexy' Rolle". The Nassau Guardian. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021. "DeAndre Ayton, 'son of the soil'". Andscape. Retrieved 17 October...
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produced and sold to tourists in Nassau's Straw Market. Beautiful landscapes and the vibrant houses and peoples of the Bahamian archipelago have inspired...
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Staircase - Nassau Ragged Island Raid on Charles Town Raid on Nassau Rainbow Alliance of The Bahamas Rake-and-scrape Religion in the Bahamas Republic of Pirates...
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The national flag of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas consists of a black triangle situated at the hoist with three horizontal bands: aquamarine, gold and...
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roads. The Sustainable Nassau Action Plan published a report in 2022 suggesting the number of new cars on New Providence over course of the 2010s outpaced...
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have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct. Cruise ships in Nassau Harbour SkyBahamas Airlines Saab-Fairchild SF-340A Container ship MSC Lorena...
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Socialist Party (VNSP) Independent Bahamian Way Forward Movement (BWFM) Coalition of Independents (COI) Grand Commonwealth Party (GCP) Kingdom Government Movement...
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Local government in the Bahamas (redirect from District of the Bahamas)
Schedule. The Districts of The Bahamas provide a system of local government everywhere in The Bahamas except New Providence (where Nassau the capital is located...
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Bahamas and the American Civil War (category History of the Colony of the Bahamas)
1861. By the end of the war, 397 ships sailed from the Confederacy to Nassau, and 588 went from Nassau to the Confederacy. Nassau imports were valued...
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with the first Raid of Nassau John Barry Herbert Woodbury Noah Stoddard John Paul Jones Jonathan Haraden – his unconventional type of warfare at sea are...
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Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U...
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Cat Island, San Salvador Island, Acklins, Crooked Island, and Mayaguana. Nassau is the capital and largest city, located on New Providence. The islands...
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The Continental Navy under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins was returning from a successful raid on Nassau when it encountered HMS Glasgow, a Royal...
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Saunders, Gail (1992). A History of the Bahamian People: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century. University of Georgia Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8203-2284-1...
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Bahama Banks (category Undersea banks of the Atlantic Ocean)
Bahama Banks are the submerged carbonate platforms located in the archipelago of The Bahamas within the Lucayan Archipelago. The term is usually applied in...
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Bahamian dollar (category Currencies of the Commonwealth of Nations)
return of the Queen's portrait to the $10 note. The $1⁄2 shows an older Queen Elizabeth II and the back shows a picture of Sister Sarah in the Nassau Straw...
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