2. The Historical Process Flashcards
Caribbean society began with
migration
With slavery abolished in 1838, ex-plantation workers began to
move within the region for economic opportunities
countries in the region that ex-plantation workers moved to for economic opportunities (7)
1) British Guiana
2) Costa Rica
3) Cuba
4) Panama
5) Santa Domingo
6) Trinidad
7) Venezuela
why did ex-plantation workers move to Costa Rica
construction of the railroads (being done by the USA)
why did ex-plantation workers move to Panama
construction of the Panama Canal (started by the French, completed by the USA)
why did ex-plantation workers move to Trinidad and Venezuela
oil industry
why did ex-plantation workers move to British Guiana, Santa Domingo and Cuba
sugar industry (late 1800 when wages were higher)
numbers of ex-plantation that moved in immediate post-emancipation (3)
11,000 emigrated to Trinidad from Eastern Caribbean
5,000 went to British Guiana
Barbadians moved to St. Croix and Dutch Guiana (Suriname) 1800s
In contemporary Caribbean, strong economics attract
migrants
Trinidad’s migrants were primarily from
Windward Islands
Bahamas migrants were primarily from
Leeward Islands (to work in tourism)
Dominican Republic migrants were primarily from
Jamaica, and Eastern Caribbean (1980s)
The migrants that came to the Caribbean were (4)
1) Involved Jamaican labourers
2) Some from the Eastern Caribbean.
3) Worked in the sugar industry
4) Expected to return home at the end of crop season.
people who immigrated to the caribbean (4)
1) Amerindians
2) The Europeans
3) The Africans
4) Indentured Servants (Indians)
explain the immigration of Amerindians into the caribbean
they first crossed Bering Straight during the Ice-Age, following their food
then they came up from the Orinoco in Venezuela and went as far as Cuba and the Bahamas then they settled on island coasts for easy; food, travel, protection, and sometimes settled near to clay deposits
why did the Amerindians sometimes settled near to clay deposits
because they lacked technology to navigate the forest, and make it habitable
where the Tainos settled
Greater Antilles, Barbados
where the Kalinagos settled
Lesser Antilles
the Amerindians were exploited by
Spanish to extract labour using the Encomienda System
the Amerindians had their own
political, economic, recreational, social, and agricultural systems and Gender division of labour
when did The Europeans immigrate to caribbean
in 15th century (1492)
why did The Europeans immigrate to caribbean
In search of lust and greed.
Gold, Glory, God
what did The Europeans do when they immigrated to caribbean?
They enslaved the Amerindians via Encomienda but then the Encomienda ultimately failed, and they then used European Indentureship (Ridded Europe of vagrants, criminals and vagabonds) and then they settled in other territories
the territories The Europeans settled in after the Encomienda ultimately failed (4)
1) Spanish - Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola ii.
2) French - Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Martinique
3) English - St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua, Barbados iv.
4) Dutch - Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao (ABC islands)