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British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, [2] until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize. British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.
1] This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica , and administered by a Superintendent.
History of British Honduras by period (1 C) 0–9. 19th century in British Honduras (5 C) 20th century in British Honduras (9 C) D. Decades in British Honduras (12 C)
As the American Civil War erupted, British colonial leaders saw an opportunity to profit from the sale of arms and weapons to the Confederate States. Soon a profitable trade in arms to Americans boosted the colonial economy and British Honduras became sympathetic to the Confederate cause.
British invasion of Honduras (1898) Honduras United Kingdom: Victory. Expulsion of British forces from Honduran territory; Apologies to the Honduran government of part of the British; Financial compensation for families affected by the war; Compensation and reconstruction of damage caused by the British army. Armed Conflict of 1903 (1903) Honduras
History of British Honduras (7 C, 9 P) L. British Honduras law (2 C) P. ... Pages in category "British Honduras" This category contains only the following page.
Archaeology has demonstrated that Honduras has a multi-ethnic prehistory. An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around Copán in western Honduras near the Guatemalan border, a major Mayan city that began to flourish around 150 A.D. but reached its zenith in the Late Classic period (700–850 A.D.).
Burnaby's Code or Laws, originally entitled Laws and Regulations for the better Government of his Majesty's Subjects in the Bay of Honduras, are an early written codification of the 17th and 18th century constitution and common law of the Baymen's settlement in the Bay of Honduras (later British Honduras).