The name of the colony was Tobago and is located in the Carribean, off the coast of Venezuela. It became part of the British Empire in 1814 after changing hands 33 times between Courland, Spain, England, France, Sweden and Dutch Republic. The main benefits to Britain was Tobago's cocoa and sugar industry as well as discovery of oil in 1910. Independance was gained in 1962. It was gained when a wave of decolonisation swept the British Empire after World War 2. The climate is tropical and there are about 55,000 people living in Tobago.