Introduction
when was progress slow in the Cayman Islands?
1845-1898
what happened in January 1845?
Waddell's ship crashed on the East End Reef
when did the Act of the government became law?
June 1863
When was the Land Registration Act passed?
1850
Act of the Imperial Parliament in London makes Cayman a dependency of Jamaica (although Cayman had been loosely "governed" as such from 1670).
1863
what had happened to the population?
It tripled within 50 years
who was Waddell?
a Presbyterian missionary who was on a journey from Western Jamaica
what is the most significant law that the Cayman Islands legislature passed?
the jurisdiction extended to the sister islands "the smaller Cayman Islands"
what is registration?
the proof of who owned what and where
Presbyterian church established by the Rev. James Elmslie.
1846
-administration to not grow at all
-social services remained deficient
what were the Caymanians known for after the decline in economy?
their boats
what were the two acts mentioned in this section?
-Act of Government
-Act to raise an efficient Police force
what happened in the 1700s?
the traditional method to acquire land came about
Frederick Sanguinetti, an official in the Jamaican Government, appointed as the first Commissioner of the Cayman Islands. Cayman will be governed by Commissioners until 1962.
1898
what occurred in 1865?
formally declared a dependency of Jamaica
What were the two purposes of the act?
-clarified land ownership
-expanded the means of acquiring land
what did the society do?
remained hierarchical and boundaries of class and colours exist.
what causes radical changes in the system?
the pressure of the modern development