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== Spanish Colonization (1555-1625) ==
The Spanish settled the islands in 1555. By 1625, the French and British had taken over the islands. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Arrival_of_Europeans, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> 
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== French Colonization (1625-1733) ==
The French arrived on St. Croix island in 1625. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Arrival_of_Europeans, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> The French sold the island to the Danish in 1733. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Danish_colonial_period, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref>
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== British Colonization (1625-1672) ==
The British arrived on St. Croix island in 1625. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Arrival_of_Europeans, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> The Danish gained control of the three islands between 1672 and 1733. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "British Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands#History, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref>
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== Danish Colonization (1672-1917) ==
The Danish settled St. Thomas in 1672, St. John in 1694, and then purchased St. Croix from the French in 1733. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Danish_colonial_period, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref> The United States purchased these islands in 1917. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of the United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands#The_Danish_West_Indies_period, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref>
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== United States Colonization (1917-present) ==
The United States purchased the islands from the Danish in 1917. They continue as United States Territory. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of the United States Virgin Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands#American_rule, accessed 23 November 2020.</ref>
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==References==

 [[Category:U.S. Virgin Islands]]