| The commonwealth of the Bahamas is in the
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| | films on the subject.
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| West Indies. The country is made up of an
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| | The pirates even disrupted the area's
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| archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. This
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| | government at one point by declaring an
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| means that it is comprised of a series of
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| | anarchic 'Privateer's Republic' and
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| islands, which connect to the mainland,
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| | ransacking Charlestown, which would later
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| thus the pluralized name.
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| | become Nassau. The islands had been
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| The Bahamas was a British colony from
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| | through the hands of the Spanish and they
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| 1718 and later became an independent
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| | had all but destroyed the native
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| country in 1973, while remaining a part
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| | population of Arawak Indians. The British
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| of the Commonwealth of Nations. They
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| | stopped a lot of the trouble when they
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| retain Queen Elizabeth II as their
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| | made the islands a British Crown Colony.
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| monarch and still sing God Save the Queen
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| | The islands are mostly Christian, with a
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| as a national anthem. The main language
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| | heavy leaning towards the Protestant
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| is English though some speak variants of
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| | church, other denominations being present
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| English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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| | but in minority. A very small minority
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| The capital city is Nassau, which is
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| | practise Obeah and Voodoo, both similar
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| located on the island New Providence,
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| | to each other, as spiritualistic folk
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| though Andros Island is the largest in
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| | beliefs.
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| the group. The city was a haven for the
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| | The Prime Minister of the Bahamas is
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| pirates that sailed the Caribbean,
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| | Perry Gladstone Christie, born 1944, and
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| including the famous Blackbeard, and was
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| | third Prime Minister of the nation.
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| fought over by several nations, notably
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| | Christie has earned awards for his
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| Spain and England. The whole region was
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| | efforts in urban renewal and community
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| notorious in legend for pirate activity,
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| | policing, though has also been in scandal
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| and is used as a set for many books and
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| | surrounding his political tactics.
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