Manufacturing industries that thrived during the s are export oriented, producing clothing, furniture, paint, and galvanized sheets. Antigua and Barbuda's government is a Parliamentary Democracy, a democracy based on the British Parliamentary system, and consists of a Cabinet of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister.
As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in Antigua and Barbuda by a governor general who acts on the advice of the Prime Minister and the cabinet. It also has a bicameral legislature, which includes a member Senate appointed by the governor general and a member popularly elected House of Representatives.
The Prime Minister, leader of the majority party in the House, conducts affairs of state with the cabinet, both of which are responsible to the Parliament. Elections must be held at least every five years but may be called by the Prime Minister at any time.
The Constitution was established in and constitutional safeguards include freedom of speech and freedom of worship, movement, and association, along with freedom of the press. Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the eastern Caribbean court system, and its legal philosophy is based on English law. Education Encyclopedia - StateUniversity. Today almost of these picturesque stone towers remain, although they now serve as houses, bars, restaurants and shops. At Betty's Hope , Codrington's original sugar estate, visitors can see a fully-restored sugar mill.
Most Antiguans are of African lineage, descendants of slaves brought to the island centuries ago to labor in the sugarcane fields. However, Antigua's history of habitation extends as far back as two and a half millenia before Christ. The first settlements, dating from about B. Long after the Siboney had moved on, Antigua was settled by the pastoral, agricultural Arawaks A.
The earliest European contact with the island was made by Christopher Columbus during his second Caribbean voyage , who sighted the island in passing and named it after Santa Maria la Antigua, the miracle-working saint of Seville.
European settlement, however, didn't occur for over a century, largely because of Antigua's dearth of fresh water and abundance of determined Carib resistance. Finally, in , a group of Englishmen from St. Kitts established a successful settlement, and in , with Codrington's arrival, the island entered the sugar era. By the end of the eighteenth century Antigua had become an important strategic port as well as a valuable commercial colony.
Site search. Learn more about the Secretariat's youth work Countering violent extremism The Secretariat helped set up talks between Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago to encourage awareness and partnership on tackling violent and extremist views. Learn more about the Secretariat's countering violent extremism work Preventing corruption The Secretariat gave Antigua and Barbuda technical advice on government buying of goods and services, auditing accounts and managing risks. Learn more about the Secretariat's work on tackling corruption Climate change With help from the Secretariat, Antigua and Barbuda made progress on creating a new law for agriculture that takes climate change into account.
Learn more about the Secretariat's climate change work Maritime boundaries The Secretariat sent a consultant to help Antigua and Barbuda negotiate its sea border with Anguilla.
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