<P> The territories that were originally part of the British West Indies are (date of independence, where applicable, in brackets): </P> <Ul> <Li> The Bahamas (1973) </Li> <Li> Barbados (1966) </Li> <Li> Belize (formerly British Honduras) (1981) </Li> <Li> Bermuda (British overseas territory) </Li> <Li> British Leeward Islands <Ul> <Li> Anguilla (British overseas territory) </Li> <Li> Antigua and Barbuda (1981) </Li> <Li> British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory) </Li> <Li> Dominica (1978) </Li> <Li> Montserrat (British overseas territory) </Li> <Li> Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> British Windward Islands <Ul> <Li> Grenada (1974) </Li> <Li> Saint Lucia (1979) </Li> <Li> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Cayman Islands (British overseas territory) </Li> <Li> Guyana (formerly British Guiana) (1966) </Li> <Li> Jamaica (formerly Colony of Jamaica) (1962) </Li> <Li> Trinidad and Tobago (1962) </Li> <Li> Turks and Caicos Islands (British overseas territory) </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Bahamas (1973) </Li> <Li> Barbados (1966) </Li>

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