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Name: Tortola (Great britain)
Type: Polity
Start: 1603 AD
End: 1648 AD
Nation: tortola
Parent: great britain
Statistics
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Tortola (Great britain)
This article is about the specific polity Tortola (Great britain) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics
In the late 16th century, the English established a permanent plantation colony on Tortola and the surrounding islands. From 1603 it was a colony of the Personal Union of England and Scotland. It was lost to the Dutch in 1648. Tortola is a Caribbean island which today is part of the British Virgin islands.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. Personal Union of Scotland and England
In 1603, James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who had died childless, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.
