produced. The Sugar Revolution occurred first in Barbados where it took a mere decade for the transformation to take place (1640 to 1650). It happened at a slower pace in other islands. Some other small islands had fast rates of change such as: Nevis‚ Antigua‚ St Kitts and Montserrat. Why was Barbados the First Island to change to Sugar Production? 1) Barbados had comparatively speaking a larger population size than the other Eastern Caribbean islands. Therefore the planters felt secure enough to make
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Anicia Brown Mr. Kensel November 30‚ 2013 The Caribbean ’s economy By international standards‚ the nations of the Caribbean are not rich in natural resources. According to Ben Vosloo‚ The resources that make significant contributions to domestic economies and regional job sectors include fisheries‚ bauxite‚ iron‚ nickel‚ petroleum and timber. It has been noted by some that the Caribbean’s most important resource is “its tropical island setting‚ which has generated a unique tourism sector”
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HISTORY School Based Assessment (S.B.A) By STUDENT NAME: Brusane Lewis SCHOOL: Mt alvernia High School TERRITORY: Jamaica REGISTER NUMBER: CENTRE NUMBER: SUBJECT: HISTORY TEACHER: FORM: 10 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title of study 1 Statement of aim 2 Rationale 3 1.) Introduction 4 2.) The social effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and the wider Caribbean 6 3.) The political effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and 7 the wider Caribbean
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1. Tittle: The Reports of Alexander Hamilton 2. Author: Jacob E.‚ Cooke 3. What kind of childhood did this person have? 	Alexander Hamilton had a rough and tough childhood. Born on the West Indian Island of Nevis as the illegitimate son of James Hamilton (a Scottish trader) and Rachel Faucett Lavien. Hamilton underwent a lot as a child. He had to face his mother’s death at the age of twelve and his dad’s bankruptcy‚ which forced him to go live with some folks that accepted to take him
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"The value of the Caribbean colonies to Europe came to be in their sugar production."¹ After the European explorers realised that the Caribbean was not naturally rich in gold and other precious metals; they were desperate to find other ways in which they could use these islands to benefit themselves. After several failed attempts to grow crops such as tobacco and cotton (on a large scale)‚ the Europeans realised that sugar had a greater potential to be sold in Europe than any
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body surface area. The term giant is sometimes used when describing nevi. A giant nevus covers a very large part of the body‚ usually involves the torso‚ and is usually accompanied by a number of satellite nevi. Satellite nevi (or just satellites) are smaller melanocytic nevi (smaller birthmarks). When a child is born with a giant nevus‚ it is common for satellite nevi to be present at birth. It is also common for satellite nevi to appear after birth. Sometimes during diagnosis‚ doctors may use a
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Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? In this essay I’m going to talk about this question. Since this is a very wide subject I could talk about only a single country or a single issue‚ but I will try to discuss about the whole aggregate. Some of the main points are starvation‚ education‚ child labor‚ safety and human rights. These issues are very different in developed and
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the movement outside of Parliament The Clapham Sect Also known as The Saints They gave practical‚ supporting evidence to the other members of the sect‚ especially those in Parliament‚ who had considerable influence in public affairs. Members included: William Wilberforce‚ Granville Sharp‚ Thomas Clarkson‚ James Ramsay‚ James Stephen and Zachary Macaulay. James Ramsay served as a surgeon on a warship bound for St Kit Kitts . There he had been called to attend an epidemic on a slave ship and never
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The Effects that the Sugar Revolution had on the 18th century Caribbean Society The Sugar became population in the West Indies. The English‚ French colonies who settled Caribbean island such as St.kitts in the early 16th grew tobacco in order to make money. For a little while they were able to make the profit. However by 1640’s the faced different competition from tobacco grower in virgina had certain advantages which are virgiana had large lots of fertile land. Virginia tobacco was cheaper and
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We traveled to the Caribbean and visited 7 islands‚ I got to witness the way they live life there and the different culture as well‚ not to mention how beautiful it was there.I remember when we went to Saint Kitts island my siblings and grandparents went swimming and‚ at that time‚ I had tubes in both of my ears so I had to wear this headband thing to protect them from the water. Because of the headband‚ I had a rather noticeable sunburn line on my forehead
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