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The Treaty of Madrid, also known as the Godolphin Treaty, was a treaty between England and Spain that was agreed to in July 1670 "for the settlement of all disputes in America". [1] The treaty officially ended the war begun in 1654 in the Caribbean in which England had conquered Jamaica .
A 1667 treaty, in which the European powers agreed to suppress piracy, encouraged the shift from buccaneering to cutting logwood and led to more permanent settlement. The 1670 Godolphin Treaty between Spain and England confirmed English possession of countries and islands in the Western Hemisphere that England already occupied.
The Treaty of Madrid (also known as the Treaty of Limits of the Conquests) [1] was an agreement concluded between Spain and Portugal on 13 January 1750. In an effort to end decades of conflict in the region of present-day Uruguay, the treaty established detailed territorial boundaries between Portuguese Brazil and the Spanish colonial territories to the south and west.
In the year 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, claiming that the entire west of New World was for Spain, including the current Belize. Later, in the mid-16th century, the Spanish conquerors explored that territory, declaring it a Spanish colony [5] and being incorporated into the General Captaincy of Guatemala on December 27, 1527, when it was founded. [6]
The Cayman Islands were ceded to England in the Treaty of Madrid in 1670. Haiti (western Hispaniola ) was ceded to France in the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 ( Saint-Domingue ). Trinidad was captured by Britain during the invasion of Trinidad , confirmed in the Treaty of Amiens in 1802.
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Treaty of Madrid (1801), in which Portugal gives France an indemnity of 20 million francs and half of Guiana; Treaty of Madrid (1814), between Britain and Spain, following restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy; Treaty of Madrid (1817), act of sale of a Russian naval squadron to Spain; Treaty of Madrid (1880), between the Sultan of Morocco and ...
The traditional story of the English settlement of Belize is the most commonly given account in scholarly literature, though historians often qualify it, given the lack of primary sources. [ citation needed ] [ note 7 ] A variety of competing accounts have been proffered since the 18th century, none of which have gained widespread scholarly favour.