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Why do you think most smaller Caribbean countries were able to gain independence peacefully?

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The cost of maintaining the smaller countries was relatively high ( the colonizing countries had to send ships very far!) and the benefit comparatively low (less land to plant on)- so they weren't as important for the colonial powers as for example Mexico.

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