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KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS. British settlers fended off Spanish occupation attempts from the 1630s. In 1780 the UK appointed a superintendent, and in 1862 the settlement was declared a colony, subordinate to Jamaica. It became a colony in 1884. Self-government was attained in 1964, independence on 21 Sept. 1981.
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Dobson, D., A History ofBelize. Belize, 1973
Fernandez, J., Belize: Case Study for Democracy in Central America. Aldershot, 1989
Grant, C. H., The Making of Modern Belize. CUP, 1976
Wright, P. and Coutts, B. E., Belize. [Bibliography] 2nd ed. Oxford and Santa Barbara, 1993
National statistical office: Central Statistical Office, Belmopan.
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Hunter, B. (1997). Belize. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271265_21
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