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This treaty signed in 1763 gave the British permission to cut logwood.
Treaty of Madrid
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Belize
The British pirates could no longer rob Spanish ships due to this agreement.
Convention of London
Treaty of Versailles
1859 Treaty
Treaty of Madrid
The Spaniards gave the British permission to cut logwood between the Rio Hondo and Belize rivers in this treaty.
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Madrid
Treaty of Paris
Anglo-Guatemalan Treaty
The British agreed to evacuate this place in the Convention of London.
St. George's Caye
Ambergris Caye
Mosquito Shore
Omoa, Honduras
The Spaniards successfully removed the British from St. George's Caye after they surrendered.
1655
1798
1859
1779
The British first settled in Belize to extract which commodity?
mahogany
logwood
sugar
gold
The mahogany revolution occurred in:
the 1770s
1779
1670
the 1600s
When a minority of settlers owned the majority of the land, this was called:
democracy
colonization
monopolization of land
location laws
Logwood was transported down the river using
location laws
bark logs
barbecues
Baymen
The British passed these regulations to establish how land would be owned in the settlement.
Burnaby's Code
Customs of the Bay
location laws
Convention of London
The _____ attacked the British because they were encroaching on their lands.
Slaves
Spanish pirates
Baymen
The early British settlers called themselves _________ ___________ to distinguish them from new settlers.
mighty Baymen
first settlers
logwood cutters
In the Convention of London, the settlement boundary was extended to the _____ River.
New
Sarstoon
Belize
A ________ work was where the large trees were found and cut down for export.
logwood
barbecue
cedar
The _________ were responsible for taking care of and guiding the oxen that dragged the mahogany logs to the river.
huntsmen
axemen
cowboys
They were responsible for cutting down the trees and trimming them as well.
huntsman
axemen
cattlemen
woodcutters
How many enslaved Africans did a British settler have to own in order to acquire a mahogany work?
10
2
12
4
This would be the last time the Spaniards attempted to remove the British from the settlement.
1798
1779
1796
1783
The switch from focusing on the extraction of logwood to focusing on mahogany instead.
forestocracy
mahogany revolution
logwood trade
mahogany works
This negative impact of the switch involved the removal of trees without replanting any.
monopolization of land
afforestation
deforestation
forestocracy
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