Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover Grenada in 1498. During the mid 1600's the French secured the island which angered some of the Caribs resulting in unrest until the French troops chased them off the island. The French grew crops of tobacco, cocoa, sugar and coffee and the island remained in French control until the late 1700's. Grenada became a Crown Colony in the 1870's. The late 1960's saw the island become part of the British Commonwealth only to gain independence in 1974.
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