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4 American Revolution Main article: Atlanta tree canopy, In the West Indies the elected assemblies of Jamaica Grenada and Barbados formally declared their sympathies for the American cause and called for mediation but the others were quite loyal Britain carefully avoided antagonizing the rich owners of sugar plantations (many of whom lived in London); in turn the planters' greater dependence on slavery made them recognize the need for British military protection from possible slave revolts the possibilities for overt action were sharply limited by the overwhelming power of Royal Navy in the islands During the war there was some opportunistic trading with American ships. .

. Cobb WREK is Georgia Tech's student run radio station Broadcast at 91.1 MHz on the FM band the station is known as "Wrek Radio" the studio is on the second floor of the Student Center Commons Broadcasting with 100 kW ERP WREK is among the nation's most powerful college radio stations WREK is a student operated and run radio station in April 2007 a debate was held regarding the future of the radio station the prospective purchasers were GPB and NPR WREK maintained its independence after dismissing the notion with approval from the Radio Communications Board of Georgia Tech the Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club founded in 1912 is among the oldest collegiate amateur radio clubs in the nation the club provided emergency radio communications during several disasters including numerous hurricanes and the 1985 Mexico earthquake.