CAPE HISTORY Unit 1

Past paper questions 2005-2009

Abolition of slavery

2005 Assess the strategies used by the british Abolitionsits against the institution of slavery.

2006 Assess the view that the economic decline of the plantation system in the colonies which
became British before 1793 was a MAJOR factor leading to the abolition of slavery in the British
Caribbean.

2008 Assess the factors that contributed to the abolition of the trans-Atlantic trade in Africans to the
Caribbean.

2009 Discuss the view that the disintegration of the system of enslavement was the result of forces
from within as well as from outside the Caribbean.

Haiti 1804-1825

2005 Discuss the view that internal instability and external hostility undermined the new Haitian state
between 1804 and 1825.

2007 Discuss the view that the first TWO decades of haiti’s independence were marked by instability
at home and antagonism from abroad.

2009 “The challenges faced by Haiti in creating a free society after independence were due mainly to
external factors.” Discuss this statement ith reference to the period 1804-1825.

Cuba

2007 Discuss the factors that led Fidel catsro’s nationalist movement of 1959 to move steadily
towards communism by 1970.

2008 Discuss the view that closer relationships between Cuba and the English-speaking Caribbean
countries brought both benefits and political tensions between 1974 and 1983.

2008 Examine the view that Fidel castro’s rise to political power in Cuba began with the July 26
Movement and was consolidated by 1961.

Peasantry

2006 Discuss the factors that assisted the rise of the peasantry in the post-slavery Caribbean up to
1900.
Workers’ Rebellion

2005 “A conflict between the old order and new circumstances”. Discuss this view with reference to
ONE of the following workers’ rebellions;

-Labour protest, ST. Vincent, 1862

-Morant bay Rebellion, Jamaica, 1865

Confederation Riots, Barbados, 1876

2008 “Social, economic and political factrs were at the root of the labour protests in the Caribbean in
the second half of the nineteenth century.”

With reference to this statement, explain the causes and consequences of ONE of the following labour
protests:

(1) 1862 Labour Protest ( St. Vincent)

(2) 1865 Morant bay Rebellion ( Jamaica)
(3) 1876 Confederation Riots ( Barbados)

Integration

2006 Explain why the movement towards political integration in the british Caribbean after 1945 did
not achieve its objectives.

2009 Discuss the movements towards regional integration in the British Caribbean between 1947 and
1974.

Immigration

2008 Assess the extent to which Indian indentured labourers experienced exploitative working
conditions in the British Caribbean between 1860 and 1917.