Metropolitan economic control

Question 1

when did Belize come under the greater Metropolitan economic control?

Answer 1

second half of 19th century

Question 2

Mahogany trade boom _______ led to a depression that lasted until ________

Answer 2

1826-1827
mid 1830

Question 3

Mahogany trade exports
1833
1837
1846

Answer 3

4.5 million feet
8.5 million feet
14 million feet

Question 4

the GREAT boom in export of mahogany

Answer 4

1835-1847

Question 5

Value of both woods fell from 140,000 pounds (_______) to 56,000 pounds (_____)

Answer 5

1866
1868

Question 6

Britain recognized the central America Republic

Answer 6

1849

Question 7

Panama railroad

Answer 7

1855

Question 8

entrepot trade accounted for 2/3 of total exports

Answer 8

1830-1860

Question 9

B.H.CO registered in England in ________ and changed its name to “Belize estate and produce company” in __________

Answer 9

1859
1875

Question 10

James Hyde, James Bartlett, and John Hodge started the company “James Hyde and Co.” in _______

Answer 10

1846

Question 11

in ___________ B.H.Co. purchased all of the firm’s land and bought some land of Young Toledo and Co. when it went bankrupt in _______

Answer 11

1860
1880