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 haitis 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 catsros 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 castros 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.