Jasmini O’Brien Form 4L C.

History

1) What appeared to an outsider after 1838?

After 1838, it appeared to an outsider that all the colonies were facing the same problems,
finding much the same solutions, and developing among similar lines.

2) What was the most important influence on separate development?

The most important influence on separate development was geography because the larger
the islands (more land), the larger the labour problems would be.

3) Compare the problem of Trinidad and Jamaica.

Trinidad
1.Large in area (more land) so they would
face labour problem
2.The government was prepared to face
the labour problem with a policy of large
-scale immigration
3. They had a small freed slave population
so they faced labour problems.
Jamaica
1.Large in area so they would face labour
problem
2.The government was not prepared to
meet its labour problem with immigration
on the Trinidad scale
3.They had a large freed slave population
which shunned plantation labour.

4) State four the choices facing the freed slaves.

 Wage labour on the plantation
 Small-scale farming for subsistence
 Small-scale trading
 Drifting into towns in the hope of work

5) What were two desires of the freed slaves?

Two desires of the freed slaves were:
 The desire for education, there were few schools that only taught the children no
more than the basics of reading, writing and numeracy.
 Pressing as that for land, they slaves had to have land of their own for subsistence
farming

6) What were two fears of the planters?

 The planters feared that they would be faced with no labour force,
 Or be ruined by having to pay excessively high wages.