This created the environment for the advancement of the demand for dominion status which revolved around the establishment of the West Indian Federation, as the islands were considered too small to attain such status on an individual island basis. The islands were in fact governed at this time as two federations, namely, the Leeward and Windward Island Federations.
These were dismantled and each island entered the federal arrangements as separate entities. This, in fact, was the first act of disintegration in the federal saga. The federation failed, one can say, for many reasons but three are important for this narrative: i.  Jamaica’s determination to protect its nascent industrial development;  ii.