Talk:History of Belize

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Why was the area "uninhabited" (by Europeans) until the 1600s? If the Spanish occupied the rest of Central America, why was Belize excepted? Brutannica 01:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

First, consider that part of your premise is wrong: The Spanish didn't inhabit nor control the (self-proclaimed/Manifest Destiny) "borders" in the entirety of LatAm at that point, yet (e.g. centuries ago, many English-speaking settlers landed on the nearby Mosquito Coast [Spain concentrated on settling the less-disease-prone West Coast], or even as far south as Costa Rica [slightly more mosquitos/rainfall causing disease, compared to CR's West Coast; no minerals & few Natives in CR for Spain to exploit]).

But specific to Belize... the reason was that Mayans at the city of Tipu kicked out the Spaniards & mounted a successful resistance (for awhile), as explained in this article's "Pre-Colombian Mayan..." section, as well as being explained a few sentences into Guatemalan_claim_to_Belizean_territory#Early_colonial_era and the Brits settled Belize as the Mayans still fought the Spanish; the latter article also describes more minor reasons that the Brits were able to permanently settle it first, such as the Early Belizeans' alliance w/Miskquito Coast Natives (and the _local_ tribe, the Mayans, having been attacked by Spain already, saw the Belizeans as potential allies until ca. late-1600's. By the time Mayans conflicted with the Belizeans, the Belizeans had strengthened and the Mayans had been weakened as the Spanish continued attacking them from the north/west/south), and British privateers were able to get their foothold in these East Coast areas b/c nearby Jamaica was a British outpost. In Costa Rica and Misquito Coast, Anglophones simply moved in and AFAIK Spain didn't bother them or even try to "deport" them (consider that passports weren't in use at the time ;-) and that Spain didn't get around to trying to deport the Belizeans until after the Brits tried to govern them and they basically gave "a pirate's welcome" to the governor that the Brits sent), the Anglophones in Mosquito Coast and CR didn't join the British Empire for various reasons (e.g. being escaped criminals-deserters(soldiers)-slaves-debtors-etc and probably many being carefree sailors who desired liberty more than the Queen's security.) and the Anglophones of CR & Mosquito Coast, AFAIK, never even asked Britain to let them join the British Empire -- nor did the Anglo Belizeans FOR AWHILE, as explained in the last link (which this article links to, BTW).24.155.105.79 (talk) 10:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

British bases

The article contains the sentence "The British army continues to man bases in South America." Should this say "The British army continues to man bases in Belize." Belize is not in South America.--HarryHenryGebel 16:07, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't see the relevance of the factoid, even if it is meant to say "Belize", as opposed to South America. This article is about Belizean history, not the British army. DO56 (talk) 20:56, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

The relevance is that the British Army has been a part of (recent) Belizean History & thus should be a part of this article on...Belizean History. Wow.

But yes, I'd think it's CentAm/LatAm, but not SouthAm, b/c SouthAm would be irrelevant, even if Britain has mil bases in SouthAm that I don't know about.24.155.105.79 (talk) 09:30, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Belize

Who keeps changing "Belize" to "our country Belize"? That's not very professional. DO56 21:09, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Settlement Day

Curious why the local Garifuna holiday "Settlement Day" (Nov 19) isn't in the section titled "Emigration of the Garifuna." The whole town of Dagringa came alive yestderday, as well as "Settlement Day Eve" on (Nov 18). [1] -redsai 190.197.37.139 (talk) 16:10, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Mrs. Hollis

In the 2nd paragraph of the heading, there is a sentence that begins with "Great Britain first sent an official Mrs.Hollis· to the area in the late 17th century...". There is no citation given. Who is Mrs. Hollis? Was this injected somewhere along the way and simply not accurate? I've spent a reasonable amount of time trying to find any information about this person but have had no luck, and given that it seems unlikely that an official British official from the 17th century would be a woman, I suspect that it is a fake reference. Also, there is an extra space after the name and the sentence flows better without it, which further makes it seem spurious. wcmaney 12:10, 11 November 2016

Most likely vandalism; probably the name of a vandal's teacher. If not reliably sourced, remove it. General Ization ^Talk 17:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

"Given that it seems unlikely that an official British official from the 17th century would be a woman." Do you have something against women? Thebelizean56 (talk) 00:49, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

"Mrs. Hollis was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Salem, for many years."

Mary Beatrice Hollis | Obituaries - MyEasternShoreMD.com Thebelizean56 (talk) 00:52, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Article is part of a series re. culture?

Why is this article have the Culture of Belize sidebar / side-box in the lead? I don't see how that's relevant to have (maybe for an article oncultural history it would be appropriate, but this article rather covers general history)... Asdfjrjjj (talk) 06:19, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

It might not be relevant to "The History of Belize" but there is a link for "The Culture of Belize" at the bottom. That may be why that is there. Thebelizean56 (talk) 00:47, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

central America migration into belize in the 1800 to 1945

contributions to belizean culture 45.70.241.5 (talk) 19:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)