CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CSEC CARIBBEAN HISTORY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2011 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council © 2010‚ Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher.
Premium Caribbean Caribbean Community
3. a) b. Eight (8) reasons for the introduction of sugar: 1 The decline in profitability of tobacco due to competition from Virginian’s sugar glut. 2 Social Habits in Europe was changing. The introduction of tea and coffee from the East; thereby it created a demand for sweeteners. 3 Other sweeteners such as honey were expensive than sugar. 4 Sugar could be transported in small ships. 5. It is not a perishable product 6. It was not too bulky. 7 The Dutch were easily the greatest traders in
Premium Caribbean
collapse. The sugar industry was already in a poor state because of (1) shortage of labour and (2) sugar beet competition. To avoid total decline‚ planters tried to introduce immigration in the form of bringing in laborers from Europe‚ other Caribbean islands‚ Asia and other areas. They also tried to introduce technology in order to reduce the cost of sugar production. However‚ all of these efforts could not stop the changes from sugar monoculture (planting of one crop which was sugar cane) to agricultural
Premium Caribbean Agriculture Slavery
School of Humanities Department of History / Social Studies P.O. Box 175‚ Port of Spain‚ Trinidad‚ W.I. Course Outline COURSE DESCRIPTION: Title of the course and number : West Indian History - HIST147-04 First Semester : 2014 / 2015 Semester credits : Three (3) Dates‚ Time and Location : TR‚ 12.15pm – 1.30pm in KIA-NE1. West Indian History : This course is a survey study of the historical processes that have contributed to the molding of the Caribbean from earliest times into its present-day
Premium Caribbean Slavery Atlantic slave trade
process during one period of time in their historic accounts. For Caribbean states‚ this period was also a mark of re-development and re-establishment of economies and societies. Emancipation in the Caribbean was the catalyst for many positive steps in the future but also setback in humanity with respect to human rights. In this paper one will analyze the structural techniques and traits used to facilitate the construction of Caribbean societies‚ post emancipation. Furthermore‚ one will also identify
Premium Caribbean Sociology Slavery
The Effects of Growth in Caribbean Industries on Slavery Submitted by: Angelo Mohan (500365899) CHST 222: History of the Caribbean Submitted to: Dr. Laurie Jacklyn Date: April 3‚ 2015 Ryerson University The process of the elimination of slavery was heavily hindered by increased demand within growing Caribbean industries. The three major industries that required a large amount of manpower and held back the social reform on slavery were the sugar industry‚ the agricultural industry
Free Slavery Caribbean Cuba
CXC CARIBBEAN HISTORY SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT 2013 Candidate’s name: Tazmine Reid-Jones Candidate number: School: Centre number: Territory: Teacher’s name: Title: To what extent has the Transatlantic Slave Trade Impacted on West Africa and what are the experiences of its victims? TABLE OF CONTENT Acknowledgement Introduction Research Questions Rationale What factors led to the Transatlantic Trade? How was the trade organized? How were the slaves treated aboard
Premium Atlantic slave trade Slavery Africa
CARRIBEAN HISTORY School BASED ASSESSMENT PROFICIENCY: GENERAL Name of School: Mona High School Candidate Name: Sashorna Shirley Centre #: 100152 Candidate #: 100152___ Teachers Name: Ms J DaCosta Year of Submission: 2014/2015 Territory: Jamaica Research Topic Resistance and Revolt Examine the ways in which the Maroons were able to resist the British attack for over 100 years and say how this resistance led to the growth and development of maroon settlements in Jamaica. Acknowledgement
Premium Jamaican Maroons Maroon Slavery
THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN/BRITISH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guyana (formerly British Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire. This volume examines only the islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ which are Jamaica‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ the Windward Islands (Dominica‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent and the Grenadines‚ and Grenada)‚ Barbados‚ the Leeward
Premium Caribbean High school School
Peasantry Peasantry in the Caribbean dates back to 1838. Technically‚ peasantry is a combination of the cultivation of a variety of goods and the raising of a variety of animals on fairly small pieces of property without the aid of hired labour and largely for subsistence purposes. Brierly and Ruben (1988) describe peasants as typically economically deprived people at the lower strata off society. Characteristics of Caribbean peasantry • Historically existed on the crevices of society
Premium Caribbean Agriculture Slavery