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Antigua and Barbuda are part of the Leeward Islands and were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. In 1632 Antigua was colonized by the English, and later the French had a brief period of control from 1666 until 1667, when it was then passed to Great Britain. They were a major naval dockyard to the British fleet in the Eastern Caribbean in the late 18th century. From 1958 until 1962 they were a member of the Federation of the West Indies. In 1967 Antigua along with Barbuda and Redonda, its dependancies, joined a free association of the Windward and Leeward Islands. Antigua and Barbuda, in 1981, achieved full independence, retaining the monarchy, as in the case of many former British colonies.

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