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Jan 1, 1508
Spanish attempt to take Belize from Mayans
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Jan 1, 1544
Spanish took over northern Belize
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Jan 1, 1546
Huge uprising threw Spanish out of Belize
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Jan 1, 1547
The Pechecos received Spanish Grant to Belize. They tortured, killed, and burned homes to the ground.
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Jan 1, 1567
The Spanish destroyed anything related to Mayan culture.
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Famine
In 1627 to 1631 Belize and the Yucatan suffered a major famine when a plauge of locusts swarmed into Belize. The Belizean crops suffered great shortfalls because of the locusts destroying crops. The Mayan Belizeans fled to the rain forests in search of food and to escape from the Spanish rule. Many people died of starvation during the famine. The famine ended in 1631. This event is important to the history of Belize because the famine made a large amount of Mayan Belizeans die of starvation. -
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Famine continued
The famine also caused Mayans to flee from their Spanish controlled cities which increased the tension between the Maya and the Spainards that would eventually lead to a war. Locust -
War between Spanish and Maya
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Mayan political leaders start independence movement
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3 leaders of independence movement killed.
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Belize won independence from Spain
