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Imperialism has had an effect on most countries from around the world, with colonies that belonged to some of the world's greatest powers being particularly affected as a consequence of being actively involved in a rapidly changing society. The Bahamas saw a lot of turmoil as a result of being colonized by the Spanish and the English throughout the recent centuries. In spite of this, conditions generally improved in a series of domains on the islands as a result of their strategic position and because of the fact that people there could exploit the fact that tourists expressed significant interest in the location.

The Bahamas were considered to be an important strategic location ever since the first interactions between Europeans and the New World. Even with that, the Spanish did not initially consider that these islands were important. They only acknowledged their significance consequent to observing other European nations expressing interest in the American continent. In spite of the fact that they established several outposts throughout the islands, the Spanish did not express particular interest in establishing a colony there, as they were largely concerned in exploiting the population of the Bahamas through harvesting slaves from the region. Attempts to colonize the islands ended in failure, as the Spanish Crown did not want to support a colony there and as the islands were believed to be unproductive because of the fact that most of the people there were reluctant to cooperate with Europeans and because colonists considered that it was essential for them to focus on going as deep inland as possible, as America's treasures were presumably located...

However, as the relationship between the English and the Spanish became tensed, England started to express interest in various areas previously owned by the Spanish and claimed the Bahamas in 1629. The first permanent colony on the island, Eleuthera, was established by English Puritans in 1648 (Craton 1962, 57).
2. The Bahamas experienced significant change as a result of being colonized, as it went through being a British colony, an enemy of the U.S. during the War of Independence, and a safe haven for British refugees wanting to escape American persecution consequent to the conflict. The fact that the British abolished slave trade in 1834 influenced many African-Americans to come to the island in hope that they would find better living conditions there than on the American continent. The African-American population on the islands had already been large by the time, as "in 1831, there were 12,259 negroes in the Bahamas, outnumbering the white inhabitants by three to one"(Craton 1962, 187).

The fact that authorities in the Bahamas rarely hesitated to cooperate with British or American forces made it possible for people in Europe and in the U.S. To exploit's the island's resources in a series of ways. Confederates poured large amounts of money into the territory because it provided the perfect location for them to escape Union powers. The Prohibition era also tightened the connection between entrepreneurs in the U.S. And the Bahamas as the islands became a control center for bootleggers smuggling alcohol into the U.S. (Stuart Olson & Shadle 1991, 40).

3. People in the Bahamas started to express more and more interest in autonomy in the second…