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    anxious to expand and become rich. Realising that her monopoly was in danger she set out ‘to nip in the bud’ the plans of the other Europeans. Some methods she put in place or referred to were: Papal Edict & The Treaty of Tordesillas The Caribbean also referred to as the New World was ‘discovered’ by Spain in 1492 on Christopher Columbus’ first voyages from Spain. Immediately after his return Spain professed that this entire area was theirs‚ however it became effective in 1493 when Pope Alexander

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    breadwinner of the home and if there is any male presence‚ it is marginalized. These families can be called mother-centered‚ woman-centered or headed and grandmother-centered. In 1937‚ the British Colonial Social Welfare Workers were sent to the Caribbean to fix the existing social problems of the societies and provide measures to assist. Thomas Simey (1946)‚ was a welfare worker and postulated that one of the main problems were the fact that families were loose and children were fatherless‚ and they

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    Starting in 1878‚ many of those of the Portuguese culture immigrated to Hawaii to find better work in sugarcane plantations. A lot of Hawaiian history‚ culture‚ and traditions came from the base of Portuguese celebrations and they have helped form Hawaii into the island it is today. In 1876‚ a man named Jacinto Pereira made a suggestion to the owners of the Plantation Society‚ that the Azores and the Madeira Islands were a lot like that of the Hawaiian Islands. In the economy of the Azores and

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    COURSE CODE: COURSE TITLE: NUMBER OF UNITS: COURSE DURATION: HRT 502 PLANTATION CROPS PRODUCTION (POMOLOGY) 2 Units 3 Hours COURSE DETAILS: COURSE DETAILS: Course Coordinator: Email: Office Location: Other Lecturers: Prof. I. O. O. Aiyelaagbe B. Sc.‚ M.Sc. Ph.D. aiyelaagbeioo@unaab.edu.ng Room 216 COLPLANT Dr L. A. Hammed and Mrs T. T. Joseph-Adekunle COURSE CONTENT: What is a plantation? Economic importance of plantation crops. Climatic and soil requirements. Fruit tree propagation‚ selection

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    The Impact of Historical Processes in the Caribbean. Migratory movements and the establishments of patterns of settlements by different groups within the Caribbean from pre-Columbian times to the present. The development of systems of productions: Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship and the plantation system. Responses of Caribbean people to oppression and genocide: resistance‚ development of peasant groups. Movements towards independence Political enfranchisement Movement towards Independence

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    Caribbean Basin Initiative The title is a play are words itself which alludes to the United States initiative to stimulate certain countries Caribbean economy . The CBI which is externally a imposed solution is contrasted with the initiative of individuals- in this case the Haitian people who from time to time choose the dangerous route to migration in small open boats. The poem begins with an epigraph from Mary Kingsley when the quotation creates an image of travelers in small boats‚ that it would

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    PAST PAPER QUESTIONS – CARIBBEAN HISTORY Emancipation 1. How significant was the rebellion in Jamaica (Christmas Rebellion) in 1831-2 as a cause of the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1833? 2. How significant a part did slaves play in ending slavery? 3. How important a factor was the resistance of the enslaved in bringing about emancipation in the Caribbean? 4. “The Emancipation Act (1833) favoured the planters more than the slaves.” Identify and discuss the parts of the

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    Caribbean Travel and Tourism (HM321) Name: Dondre Fawkes Student #: 620023009 Lecturer: Ms. Mackay Negative environmental impact of tourism in the Caribbean Coastal and Marine Resources The overall environmental effects of tourism in the Caribbean involve environmental degradation which hinders sustainability. Environmental effects related to tourism are problematic and may cause irreversible impacts. These environmental effects include urbanization‚ over exploitation of resources

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    order within the Caribbean? Despite the fact that majority of the Caribbean use the Macro theory in one way or the other to institute social order there are still some countries where the micro theory approach is more effective.As stated earlier‚ micro theory focuses on the individual rather than the society while Macro theory looks at the society as a whole‚ while social order on the other hand assumes a certain degree of order and stability is essential for survival of social systems (Haralambos and

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    Ford‚ Sony‚ Nike‚ and Microsoft to name a few. However‚ for smaller nations and businesses such as those in the Caribbean‚ this agreement is actually to our detriment‚ especially to our sugar and banana industries. How is it a detriment to our country? Well after the abolition of slavery‚ the break away from colonial rule‚ this abolition had rules‚ one of which was that the Caribbean nations received preferential treatment to European markets. However with globalisation in effect‚ many nations

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