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Encomienda System
•For nearly 2 centuries the Spaniards were trying to control the Maya of Belize.
•Was a grant of Maya workers to Spanish settlers.
•‘Encomenderos’
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Cont.
•Convert to Christianity and treat them well.
•Least concern for the Encomenderos.
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“Entrada”
•1530s-1600s
•Short intrusions or ‘entradas’ into Belize to dominate the Maya.
•Encomienda- form of dominance
•Unsuccessful Catholic Church missions with buildings in Maya communities.
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Cont.
•Faced by continuous Maya resistance
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Belize Maya Provinces: Ancient Chetumal
•Chactemal/Ancient Chetumal province of the Yucatan Maya.
•Lake Bacalar to New River Lagoon in Belize.
•Rich in cacao and honey
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Cont.
•Its main town was Chetumal, by Corozal Bay, possibly ancient Maya city of Santa Rita.
•Lamanai or Indian Church
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Belize Maya Provinces: Dzuluinicob
•Foreigners or Foreign Men
•New River in O.W to Sibun River
•Main community- Tipu
•Tipu- now called Negroman in Cayo District
•Southern Belize Maya influence
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Alonso Davila
•Established a ‘villa’ (settlement) at Chactemal.
•50 men and 13 horses
•Renamed “Villa Real”
•Nachancan was guided by Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish renegade.
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Cont.
•Continuous Spanish-Maya attacks
•Chetumal/Villa real was abandoned by Davila.
•Coast of Belize to reach Honduras
•Maya defeated this first Spanish entrada.
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Cont.
•1618 Chetumal disappeared due to the Pacheco family.
•Carried out the most savage conquest.
•Chetumal and Dzuluinicob
•Encomienda as Mayas flee to southern Belize in remote areas.
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Religious Entrada
•Lamanai or Indian Church, called ‘Lama anayin’ (Submerged crocodile).
•Had a church identical to the one at Tipu.
•First Church was built
•Importance of Lamania to the Spaniards
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Cont.
•A second church was built by converted Maya.
•Largest and most long lasting structure by Spaniards in Belize.
•Church was burned down, joint with Tipu to rebel.
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Cont.
•A second church was built by converted Maya.
•Largest and most long lasting structure by Spaniards in Belize.
•Church was burned down, joint with Tipu to rebel.
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Franciscan Entradas
•Two of their priest came from Merida and stopped at Tipu.
•Tried to convert the Maya
•Seized and flogged them.
•Manage to take over Tipu and send the Mayas to Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala area.
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Dominican Friar
•Joseph Delgado, 1677
•Went from Guatemala to Belize, to Merida.
•Was captured by English pirates
•Was taken to St. George’s Caye
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Cont.
•He was later released
•English pirates were already in Belize by 1677
•‘Baymen’
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Effects of Entradas
•Reduced the Belize Maya population mainly due to European diseases.
•Disrupted Maya social life (S & W Belize)
•Conversion was useless
•Spanish priests including Diego Delgado lost his life trying to convert the Maya.
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Why the Spaniards did not settle in Belize?
•Opposition form the Maya (conversion and encomienda)
•Did not effectively occupy the area now call Belize by the time the British arrived.
•British were on the mainland and at St. George’s Caye.
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Why the Spaniards did not settle in Belize?
•England did not claim Belize but it continued to be home of the settlers.