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Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis. Several attempts at separation failed. In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980 with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency. LOCATION: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico CLIMATE: Tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds Borders:None More...Anguilla is a small British dependency located at the northern end of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. Christopher Columbus claimed discovery in 1493. The island became a British colony in 1650, and was governed as part of Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, from the early 18th Century. Anguilla became a separate dependency with internal self-government following British intervention to quell two years of rebellion; formalized with the Anguilla Act of 1980.