History of the British Virgin Islands
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This is the history of the British Virgin Islands.
The British Virgin Islands were first settled by the Dutch in 1648, but in 1672, they were annexed by England. At the end of World War I "British" was incorporated in the official name after the United States purchased the adjacent Danish West Indies from Denmark, renamimg them the U.S. Virgin Islands. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous U.S. Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
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See also
- History of the Caribbean
- History of the U.S. Virgin Islands
- History of present-day nations and states
- List of Presidents of the British Virgin Islands (1741-1887)
- List of Administrators of the British Virgin Islands (1887-1971)
- List of Governors of the British Virgin Islands (1971-present)
| Former Dutch colonies |
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| Aruba (current) | Berbice | Brazil (part) | Cape Colony | Ceylon | Demerara | Deshima | Dutch East Indies | Dutch Guiana | Essequibo | Dutch West Indies or Netherlands Antilles (current) | Netherlands New Guinea | New Netherland (New Amsterdam, New Sweden) | New Zealand (part) | Smeerenburg | Taiwan | Tobago | Travancore | Virgin Islands (part) |
| See also: Dutch colonisation of the Americas | Dutch East India Company | Dutch West India Company | New Holland |