ocr: A - British colony since 1783 and part oft the Leeward Islands Federation until 1956,St. Kitts and Nevis achievedimdependence in 1983. 1932 St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Labour Party formed to campaign for independence. 1967 Internal selfgovernment. 1980 Anguilla formally separates from St.. Kitts & Nevis. 1983 Independence from UK. 1989 Hurricane Hugo destroys sugar crop.
