Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba da 'yanci a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu 1974 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Eric Gairy, wanda ya zama Firayim Ministan Grenada na farko na jihar mai cin gashin kanta. Sabuwar ƙasar ta zama memba na Commonwealth, tare da Sarauniya Elizabeth a matsayin Shugaban Jiha. A watan Maris na shekarar 1979, kungiyar Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement ta hambarar da gwamnatin Gairy a cikin " juyin mulki " ba tare da zubar da jini ba kuma ta kafa Gwamnatin Juyin Juya Halin Jama'a (PRG), karkashin jagorancin Maurice Bishop a matsayin Firayim Minista. Daga bisani aka kama Bishop kuma aka kashe shi da mambobin kungiyar juyin juya hali na mutane, wanda ya haifar da wani
Amurka ta jagoranci mamayewa a watan Oktoba 1983. Tun daga wannan lokacin, tsibirin ya koma tsarin dimokiradiyya na wakilin majalisa kuma ya kasance mai zaman lafiya a siyasa.