<Li> British colonisation of Bermuda began in 1612 . British West Indian colonisation began with St. Kitts in 1623 and Barbados in 1627 . The former was used as a base for British colonisation of neighbouring Nevis (1628), Antigua (1632), Montserrat (1632), Anguilla (1650) and Tortola (1672). </Li> <Li> French colonisation too began on St. Kitts, the British and the French splitting the island amongst themselves in 1625 . It was used as a base to colonise the much larger Guadeloupe (1635) and Martinique (1635), St. Martin (1648), St Barts (1648), and St Croix (1650), but was lost completely to Britain in 1713 . From Martinique the French colonised St. Lucia (1643), Grenada (1649), Dominica (1715), and St. Vincent (1719). </Li> <Li> The English admiral William Penn seized Jamaica in 1655 and it remained under British rule for over 300 years . </Li> <Li> Piracy in the Caribbean was widespread during the early colonial era, especially between 1640 and 1680 . The term "buccaneer" is often used to describe a pirate operating in this region . </Li>

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