In this year the British made an attempt to gain possession of most of the Caribbean coast of Central America, and in doing so, rebuilt the old fort on Roatán.

On August 2 of that year, the Major wrote a letter to a Mr. Edward Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica, describing Spanish harassment of English settlements.

British Caymanian slave-owners brought their slaves and seafaring culture to Roatan, forming a majority of the island’s permanent population.

After the acquisition of the Bay island colony through the Wyke-Cruz Treaty, all British settlers changed their nationality to Honduran.

The “Banana Republic” era of the fruit trade industry in the late 1800’s bolstered American and European presence in the region.