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This was established by English shipwrecked sailors.
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Over the next 150 years, more English settlements were established. This period also was marked by piracy, indiscriminate logging, sporadic attacks by natives, and neighboring Spanish settlements.
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Overpopulation and overuse of the land, endemic warfare and drought–may have played a part in the downfall of the Maya in the southern lowlands. In the highlands of the Yucatan, a few Maya cities–such as Chichén Itzá, Uxmal and Mayapán–continued to flourish in the Post-Classic Period (A.D. 900-1500). By the time the Spanish invaders arrived, however, most Maya were living in agricultural villages, their great cities buried under a layer of rain forest green.
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It was named the Colony of British Honduras.
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It then became a Crown Colony.
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A hurricane hit Belize city and killed 2,500 people.
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Full internal self-government under a ministerial system was granted.
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The official name of the territory was changed from British Honduras to Belize.
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After years of diplomatic work Belize finally gained its independence.
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The day I started this.
