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IN AUGUST 1962, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first two British colonies in the English-speaking Caribbean to gain Independence. Since then, another 13 former British colonies in the anglophone Caribbean, culminating with St Kitts and Nevis in 1983, have joined the ranks of independent states.
MAIN Home Life Holidays Independence Days. The Islands became a nation on July 10, 1973, which is the date celebrated today as Bahamian Independence Day. This July 10th celebration of the beginning of Home Rule is an island party not to be missed!lthough all residents of the Bahamas were free, the Islands remained a colony of the United Kingdom, although much of day-to-day governing of the country was actually based in the Bahamas. This became a major factor that led to a peaceful negotiation for Bahama's independence.