oe. res cove 02127020 FORM TP 2014204 MAY/JUNE 2014 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® HISTORY THE CARIBBEAN IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD UNIT 1 — Paper 02 2 hours 40 minutes 12 MAY 2014 (a.m.) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. There are THREE sections in this paper, ONE on EACH of the three Modules. 2. Each section comprises THREE questions: ONE document-based question and TWO essay questions. 3. There are NINE questions on this paper. 4. Answer THREE questions, ONE from EACH section. 5. You must answer ONE document-based question and TWO essay questions. 6. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your answers, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council Alll rights reserved. 02127020/CAPE 2014SECTION A: MODULE 1 Answer ONE question only from this section. Question 1 The extracts below relate to Spanish settlement in the Americas up to1600. Study the extracts, then answer Parts (a) to (d) that follow. Document I We should try to send to the said Indies some religious men and clergymen, good persons, so that they will administer the Holy Sacraments to those who will be there, and will try to convert to our Holy Catholic Faith the said native Indians of the said Indies ... Ferdinand and Isabella to Christopher Columbus, April 23 and June 15, 1497 in Erie Williams, Documents of West Indian History from the Spanish Discovery to the British Conquest of Jamaica. ‘New York: A & B Books Publishers, 1963. p. 35. Document If ‘When I went from Paria I found almost half the people of Espanola in revolt are very few [Spaniards] save vagabonds, and not one with wife and children neither God, nor their King and Queen, being full of vices and wickedness... in the whole of Espanola there a dissolute people, who fear Christopher Columbus to the Nurse of the Prince Don John, 1500, in Eric Williams Documents of West Indian History from the Spanish Discovery to the British Conquest of Jamaica. ‘New York: A & B Books Publishers, 1963, p. 36. Document III Many of the encomiendas of Indians held by those living in these provinces finish in two generations [father and heir] and are then tumed over to your governor who has the right to grant them to other persons ... Cabildo of Guatemala to King Philip Il, in Isagoge hist6rica apologética de las indias occidentales [January, 1562] in Herbert Cerwin, Bernal Diaz: Historian of the Conquest. ‘Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963, p. 17. (a) With reference to Document I, explain THREE ways in which the Church contributed to Spanish settlement of the Americas during the sixteenth century. [9 marks] (>) With reference to Document Il, outline THREE reasons why the Indians revolted against the Spaniards, [6 marks} GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 02127020/CAPE 2014(©) With reference to Document Ill, outline THREE ways in which the encomienda system was beneficial to the encomienderos. [6 marks} (@) With reference to Documents I, Il and III, explain THREE effects of Spanish settlement on the way of life of the indigenous peoples. 19 marks] Total 30 marks Question 2 Examine the nature of the contact between West Africa and Europe up to 1492. Total 30 marks Question 3 Select ONE of the indigenous groups in the Americas listed below: (@)— Kalinago (ii) Taino Gil) Tupi For the selected group, discuss the political, social and economic organization of their society prior to the arrival of the Spaniards. Total 30 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02127020/CAPE 2014SECTION B: MODULE 2 Answer ONE question only from this section. Question 4 ‘The extracts below relate to the reasons for the physical and legislative dismantlement of the slave systems in the Caribbean. Study the extracts, then answer Parts (a) to (d) that follow. Document I ‘That itis the Opinion of this Committee, that immediate and effectual measures be taken for the entire Aboli of Slavery throughout the Colonies ... “Resolutions for the Abolition of Colonial Slavery, proposed by Mr. Secretary Stanley, 14 May 1833”, in Alvin Thompson, A Documentary History of Slavery in Berbice, 1796 -1834, Georgetown, Guyana: Free Press, 2002, p. 248. Document It To throw the slave suddenly into freedom would be to destroy all his inclinations to industry: it would be exposing him to the temptation of returning to his primitive habits of savage life, from which he has but lately been reclaimed. Petition presented by Mr Bennett et al. House of Commons Debate. 14th May 1833, in F. R. Augier, University of the West Indies, Department of History, Debates in Parliament on the Motion to Abolish Slavery, 1988, p.58 Document II In many, and some of them most material respects, the interests of the negroes had suffered most essentially. But let the House look at the manner in which the interests of the planters had also been advanced in the meantime, Ministerial plan for the abolition of slavery. 24th July, 1833, House of Commons, in FR. Augier, University of the West Indies, Department of History, Debates in Parliament on the Motion to Abolish Slavery, 1988, p.165 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02127020/CAPE 2014@ (b) () (d) Question 5 = 5 With reference to Document I, explain why some members of Parliament in Britain supported the emancipation of the enslaved in the Caribbean. Include TWO reasons in your response. [6 marks} (i) Explain the perception held of the enslaved as reflected in Document II. [3 marks] (ii) Give TWO reasons for the petition presented in Document IL [6 marks} With reference to Document III, explain: () ONE way in which the Emancipation Act in the British or French or Spanish territories benefited the planters, [3 marks} (ii) | ONE way inwhich the Emancipation Act in the British or French or Spanish territories was a disadvantage to the formerly enslaved. [3 marks} With reference to Documents I, IT and IIL, explain THREE strategies used by the abolitionists to bring about the ending of chattel slavery in the Caribbean, [9 marks] Total 30 marks “The outcome of the Haitian Revolution in 1804 resulted from favourable circumstances.” Discuss the extent to which this statement accounts for the success of the Haitian Revolution. Question 6 ‘Total 30 marks Discuss the view that life for enslaved women was more difficult than it was for enslaved men. Total 30 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02127020/CAPE 2014SECTION C: MODULE 3 Answer ONE question from this section. Question 7 The extracts below relate to the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Study the extracts, then answer Parts (a) to (d) that follow. Document I We must be economically free... For 50 years... Cuba had been mismanaged because no Cuban was responsible of influential enough. The one who gave the orders was the U. S. Ambassador. Report of Speech by Fidel Castro in Guantnamo Bay, February 4, 1959, in Confidential Dispatch to US Secretary of State, dated Feb 5, 1959. Latin American Network Information Centre, Retrieved April 17 from http:/Manic.utexas.edu(project/castro/db/1959/19590205. html Document II ... one of the characteristies of the Revolution has been the necessity of facing many problems hastily. We are just like the Revolution, that is, we have improvised a great deal. Fidel Castro's speech to intellectuals on 30 June 1961, Palabras a los Intelectuales (Words t Intellectuals), Havana, National Cultural Council, L96L p.32. Latin American Network Information Centre, Retrieved April 17 from http://lanic.utexas.edufproject/castro/db/1961/19610630.him! Document III Cuba has drawn the line in the sand again. ..each time a bit more explicitly; the line divides the two great social forces, the bourgeoisie and the working class, Speech by Che Guevara, Havana , 1967, in A. Sinclair, Che Guevara, Stroud, UK: The History Press, 1998, p. 57. (@) With reference to Castro’s claim in Document I, explain THREE ways in which the US was in control of Cuban affairs. [9 marks} (b) With reference to Document II: (i) Outline ONE of the “many problems” faced during the Revolution. [3 marks} (ii) Explain ONE way in which the revolutionaries “improvised” after 1959. [3 marks] GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02127020/CAPE 2014(©) With reference to Document III, explain TWO ways in which the social structure of Cuba changed under Castro’s regime by 1983, 16 marks} (@) With reference to Documents I, Il and III, explain THREE ways in which Cuba was transformed as a result of the revolution by 1970, apart from the social structure of the society. [9 marks} ‘Total 30 marks Question 8 Explain the social, economic and political factors which contributed to the outbreak of ONE of the following labour protests in the second half of the nineteenth century: (i) The Labour Protest , St Vincent, 1862 (ii) The Morant Bay Rebellion, Jamaica, 1865 i) The Confederation Riots, Barbados, 1876 Total 30 marks Question 9 Examine the contribution of Chinese immigrants to British Caribbean societies during the nineteenth century. Total 30 marks IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 02127020/CAPE 2014