[DOC] [TLE] The Bahamas - Wikipedia [PAR] The Bahamas officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an archipelagic 
state of the ... The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when 
English ... The Bahamas became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1973, 
.... the British defeat at Yorktown, a Spanish fleet appeared off the coast of 
Nassau. [DOC] [TLE] Ascension Island - Wikipedia [PAR] Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the 
South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa 
and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of ... Ascension Island was 
garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922. The island is 
the location... [DOC] [TLE] Turks and Caicos Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Turks and Caicos Islands or TCI for short, are a British Overseas Territory 
consisting of the ... The Turks and Caicos Islands lie southeast of Mayaguana in 
the Bahamas island chain .... in the Caribbean, and some ships were wrecked off 
the coast of these islands. ... The UK took over direction of the government in 
2009. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Bahamas - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the Bahamas, begins with the earliest arrival of humans in the 
islands in the first ... Columbus visited several other islands in the Bahamas 
before sailing to present-day ... Treaty of Paris in 1783, when they ceded them to 
Britain in exchange for East Florida. ... These early settlers were Puritans and 
republicans. [DOC] [TLE] The Bahamas | history - geography - islands, West Indies ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... Formerly a British colony, The Bahamas became an independent country within 
the Commonwealth in 1973. ... km) off the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of 
Florida, and Great Inagua Island, some 50 miles (80 km) ... These ranges are 
formed of sand washed ashore and blown inland by the trade winds. [DOC] [TLE] Lighthouses of the Bahamas [PAR] The islands then remained under British sovereignty until they became ... Photos 
and current accounts of visits to many of these lighthouses are scarce on the ... 
near the lighthouse; Peter Brind has a good photo of the "hole" taken in 2001. ... 
cape on the southwestern coast of the island, about 2 km (1.25 mi) southeast of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] the Bahamas facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] The Bahamas' capital city, Nassau, is located on New Providence Island in the ... 
A rookery on Great Inagua affords protection to some 30,000 flamingos as .... Like 
other former British colonies, the Bahamas achieved independence in stages. .... 
The Bahamas joined the UN on 18 September 1973 and belongs to ECLAC... [DOC] [TLE] U. S. Coast Guard History [PAR] These agencies, the Revenue Cutter Service, the Lighthouse Service, the .... Due 
to the severity of the winters, these vessels had to be larger than their southern .... 
worth of liquor at St. Pierre Island, Holewood ran down the coast to a point off .... 
the crew of Eagle fought the British ships from 9 o'clock in the morning until late... [DOC] [TLE] List of books and articles about 1940's America | Online Research ... [PAR] The AtlanticGulf Coastal Plain extends along the east and southeast coasts of 
the ... E Long Island to the Rio Grande; Cape Cod and the islands off SE 
Massachusetts ... Plain widens in the south, merging with the Gulf Coastal Plain 
in Florida. .... These islands, like those of Hawaii, are the tops of volcanoes that 
rise from the... [DOC] [TLE] History - Timeline: Georgia as an English Colony 1732-1775 ... [PAR] They first arrived off the coast of Carolina, then negotiated permission to settle 
from ... England for Georgia, with instructions to build a fort on St. Simons Island. 
... He would not be officially approved by the trustees until May 10, but was so .... 
but left the Georgia/Florida boundary to be settled at some unspecified future 
date. [DOC] [TLE] Bahamas travel guide - Wikitravel [PAR] Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, the Bahamas have 
prospered .... To visit these

Question: Until 1973 these islands off the southeast coast of Florida belonged to Great Britain
Answer: the Bahamas