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
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feminist jurisprudence‚ law and economics‚ utilitarianism‚ and legal pragmatism. For example‚ critical legal studies (CLS) is a theory that challenges the accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice. It is based on the belief that laws are a product of the values of society‚ which is dominated by the wealthy‚ who use the law as an instrument for oppression in order to maintain their place in hierarchy. CCJ and the legal profession…Adrian Saunders‚ 2007 Id. See Jed Rubenfeld‚
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Caribbean Studies Definitions Term | Definition | Tectonic activity | Earth movements that impact and influence the surface of the earth resulting in earthquakes‚ volcanic activity and mountain building are when plate margins interact with each other. | ENSO | El Niño- Southern Oscillation. El nin͂o refers to the warming of the sea surface in the equatorial Pacific‚ which leads to the atmospheric changes known as the Southern Oscillation and rainfall and temperature variations globally. |
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The integration movement in the Caribbean has been envisioned in days as far back as the West Indian Federation (the original CARICOM) where diverse Caribbean states joined with the intention of creating a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state‚ much like the successful Canadian Federation. This short-lived attempt at regional integration unfortunately collapsed before any real development could be made. The reincarnation of this motion‚ however‚ occurred in 1973
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educated slave is a dangerous slave”. Throughout this book we find that the main goal of slave masters is to keep their slaves in a state of “mental darkness” to prevent them from them realizing that they are more than slaves; that they are actual humans. We first see this when Frederick is on the Auld family plantation and Mrs. Auld is teaching Frederick how to read‚ because she thought it was the right thing to do‚ since her husband Mr. Auld was the one who knew the true meaning of a slave which
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improvised‚ usually up to date words." Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other‚ and robbed of all links to family and home‚ the slaves began to sing songs. They used calypso‚ which can be traced back to West African Kaiso‚ as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. Calypso singing competitions held annually at carnival time grew in popularity after the abolition
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Black Caribbean children experience significant disadvantage in the British education system. Discuss In a Guardian article (January 2002) by Diane Abbott‚ MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington‚ she mentions how African and Caribbean children enter the education system doing as well as whites and Asians in tests until they reach the age of 11 when the descent begins. While some people blame gang culture and rap music for the decline of educational achievements amongst black pupils‚ specifically
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The economic challenges facing the Caribbean The Caribbean is far from immune from the global economic crisis. Although many Governments initially thought themselves safe from its effects it has become apparent that every nation will see: • Falling remittances from nationals overseas; • A significant decline in tourism/visitor arrivals (forecast by some governments to be down by between 30 and 40 per cent for the year); • volatile exchange rates and in particular the a fall in income
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Interventions What is an intervention? According to an article published by DrugAbuse.com an intervention is a structured‚ solution –oriented process undertaken to persuade someone who has a problem with drug or alcohol abuse to seek help in overcoming the addiction. It goes on to state that a successful intervention is not a confrontation but an opportunity for an addicted individual to accept help in taking the first step toward recovery. Are interventions applicable in every case where an adult
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SLAVE TRADE DATABASE Assignment QUESTIONS/QUERIES In 1732‚ the slave ship Diligent under Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from Jacquin and transported them to Martinique. In 1655‚ the slave ship‚ Witte Paard‚ arrived in New York with 391 slaves. From 1607 to 1650‚ how many voyages listed the principle region of slave landing in Mainland North America? 1 In what year did it arrive with slaves? 1628 What was the name of the vessel? Good Fortune How many slave voyages were listed for the
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