Archeologists consider that else 3500 years back the island has been occupied and was the centre of dwelling of American Indian tribes of Arawaks which had here considerable settlements. Possibly, earlier the island had other name, but the Spanish conquerors, because of the extended form of this earth, have named its Anguilla that in a translation from Spanish “eel” means. Christopher Columbus has opened this island in 1493 the Pioneer settlement on Anguilla Dutches in 1631 have based But Englishmen, natives from the next islands Sent-Kits and Nevis colonized island in the middle of a XVII-th century. In a XVIII-th century twice (in 1745 and 1796) France tried to grasp island. In 1882 Great Britain has administratively united Anguilla within the limits of a colony of Leeward Islands with islands Sent-Kits and Nevis. The legal system of Anguilla is based on system of a general law of England with a number of local amendments. Since 1992, and especially in 1994, numerous aspects of the modern legislation have been switched on in system of the right of Anguilla on granting of financial services. An official language is English.