be transported back to Europe to complete the voyage. Voyages on the Middle Passage were a large financial undertaking‚ and they were generally organized by companies or groups of investors rather than individuals. Traders from the Americas and Caribbean received the enslaved Africans. European powers such as Portugal‚ England‚ Spain‚ France‚ the Netherlands‚ Denmark‚ Sweden‚ and Brandenburg‚ as well as traders from Brazil and North America‚ took part in this trade. The enslaved Africans came mostly
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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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the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime and most active time for the Dutch in the Caribbean lasted
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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN IT BE ARGUED THAT GENOCIDE AND REVOLUTION ARE CENTRAL THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY? [30mks] Throughout the history of the conquest and the colonization period in Caribbean history‚ individuals and groups sought freedom from oppression which manifested itself in central themes of Caribbean history: genocide and revolution. These themes were discussed prior to the beginning of the colonization period which dated back to the 1783s‚ the period of the encomienda system to emancipation
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DATE: 1ST/NOV/2013 1. AROUND WHAT TIME THE EUROPEAN MIGRANTS DID CAME INTO THE CARIBBEAN AND FOR WHAT REASONS? (3 MARKS) The West Indies are a group of islands lying in an arc between Florida in the US and the Venezuelan coast of South America. Europeans came to the region in the 15th century looking for spices‚ gold‚ silver and precious stones. Christopher Columbus believed the world was round and that by travelling westward‚ he could eventually reach the East. When he made his first landfall
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Epididymis Main article: Epididymis The epididymis‚ a whitish mass of tightly coiled tubes cupped against the testicles‚ acts as a maturation and storage for sperm before they pass into the vas deferens‚ that carry sperm to the ampullary gland and prostatic ducts. [edit]Vas deferens Main article: Vas deferens The vas deferens‚ also known as the sperm duct‚ is a thin tube approximately 43.2 centimetres long that starts from the epididymis to the pelvic cavity. [edit]Accessory glands Three accessory
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CSEC CARIBBEAN HISTORY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2011 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council © 2010‚ Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher.
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and ideas about these issues to life through dramatic performances and the use of a number of various techniques. No Sugar‚ a revisionist text written by Jack Davis in 1985‚ is one of these stage dramas. Jack Davis brings issues and even expresses his own ideas about issues such as the injustices of Aboriginal treatment during the 1930’s‚ to life in No Sugar very well because No Sugar is a revisionist text‚ and therefore offers a new perspective
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Davis’ presentation of the social‚ realist‚ drama "No Sugar" can be considered as a forum to highlight the impacts of the European social and political philosophy of the early 20th century on Aboriginal society. It is a political text that exposes social issues. It expresses these issues using the form of drama and the use of staging conventions to challenge the audience into developing an opinion on the topics. The play was staged on a perambulant model‚ meaning that the action of the play shifts
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An essay of the themes and issues underlying No Sugar 1. No Sugar challenges the prejudiced‚ negative stereotypes of Aborigines operating in a mainstream Australian society. Despite the Mullimurras’ problems‚ they survive as a family with resourcefulness and dignity. Discuss this statement in relation to your reading of the play. The 1920s and 30s was a time of deep prejudice against the Aboriginals. They were put through an experiment by the Chief Protector of Aboriginals at that time‚ Mr.
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