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constitutional
monarchy with UK-style parliament
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Elements of History :
The
Siboney were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and
Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak and Carib Indians populated
the islands when Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493.
Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded
by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established
to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in
1834. The islands became an independent state within the British
Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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Climate :
tropical
marine; little seasonal temperature variation
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