| YEAR |
Status
of Anguilla |
| 1650 |
English
Colony Administered from St. Kitts |
| 1696 -
1816
|
Member
of the "Leeward Islands Colony"
(English Colony) |
| 1816 -
1871
|
St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, and the British
Virgin Islands Colony (English Colony) |
| 1832 -
1871
|
Leeward Islands
Colony (English Colony)
|
| 1871 - 1 Jul
1956
|
Part of the Federal
Colony of the Leeward Islands (English Colony) |
| 1882
|
Part of colony of Saint
Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (English Colony) |
| 27 Feb
1967
|
Associated state of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
|
| 30 May
1967 |
St. Kitts-Nevis officials evicted. |
| 16 Jun
1967
|
Anguilla unilaterally withdraws from Saint Christopher-Nevis
|
| 12 Jul
1967
|
Unilateral declaration of independence (not recognized by U.K.).
|
| 6 Feb
1969 |
Republic of Anguilla proclaimed. |
| 19 Mar
1969 |
British rule restored via Armed Invasion |
| 15 Sep
1969 |
Reunited with St. Kitts-Nevis (English Colony) |
| 10 Feb
1976 |
Autonomy (English Colony) |
| 19
Dec 1980 |
Separate
dependency (English Colony) |
| Present |
British
Overseas Territory (Separate
dependency (English Colony)) |