Caribbean History

Grade Ten

Topics for Exam and Focus Areas:

*Please note that a keen knowledge of the key terms related to each topic listed below is
necessary for a successful performance in your examination.

1. The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans:

 Geographical location of each Indigenous group:

Migratory movement and settlement Patterns

 Social, Political, Economic and Religious Organisation/Practices of the Indigenous

Peoples up to the arrival of the Europeans

 Technological advancements of the different Indigenous groups and how they used
these to benefit their societies

 Motives for Columbus’ voyages-

THREE Gs- Glory, God and Gold/Goods, Impact of the Renaissance on Navigation,
European Rivalry

 Results of Columbus’ Voyages on Spain, Europe and the Americas up to 1600-

The Columbian Exchange (Flora, Fauna, Cultural Institutions, Introduction of Crafts,
Agricultural Products), Decimation of the Indigenous Populations (Cultural Imposition,
Colonisation, Demographic Changes, Economic Destabilisation), Genocide (Provision
of Labour, Diseases)

2. Caribbean Economy and Slavery:

 Economic Revolutions: Change from Logwood to Mahogany and the Sugar Revolution

 Social, Political and Economic Effects of the Economic Revolutions on the Caribbean

 Introduction of Chattel Slavery in the Caribbean:

(i) Reasons for the choice of Africans
(ii) Organisation of the Trans-Atlantic Trade in Africans
(iii) Social, Political and Economic Impact of the Trans-Atlantic Trade in Africans
on West African Societies

 Physical Layout of the Sugar Plantation and Organisation of Labour (Enslaved and Free
Persons) on the Sugar Plantation for Cultivation, Harvesting and Manufacturing of
Sugar, Molasses and Rum

 Marketing Strategies for the Products of Sugarcane- Sugar, Molasses and Rum

 Organisation of Labour for Non-Sugar Production, specifically for Logwood, Mahogany,

Cotton and Coffee, Livestock Production
  Social Relations in the Caribbean during the period of enslavement-
Whites vs. Whites, Coloureds vs. Coloureds, Blacks vs. Blacks, Whites vs. Coloureds,
Whites vs. Blacks, Coloureds vs. Blacks (both men and women should be considered
for each group mentioned)

 African Cultural Forms as expressed in the Caribbean: Religion, Language, Dress,

Music, Dance, Food and Medicine

3. Resistance and Revolt:

 Methods of Control for the Enslaved Population: Legal, Economic, Psychological,

Social, Ideological, Physical and Cultural
 Methods of Resistance by the Enslaved Population (Male and Female): Insurrectionary
and Non-Insurrectionary
 Resistance expressed in Marronage:
(i) Factors promoting the Origin and Development of Maroon societies in the
Caribbean
(ii) Types of Marronage: Grand, Petit, Maritime
(iii) Challenges faced in establishing Maroon societies and achievements of Maroon
Communities in the Caribbean

 Examples of Insurrectionary Forms of Resistance: Revolts, Rebellion and Revolution

(i) Causes and Effects of the following: Berbice-1763, Haiti- 1791-1804, Barbados-1816,
Demerara-1823, Jamaica-1831
Causes of the Haitian Revolution- key personalities: toussaint and Dessalines