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**Caribbean History Syllabus **
 * Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) **

The Examination is organized into four sections consisting of a number of themes. This makes up the basis for the Paper 2 Examination. The Multiple Choice Examination is derived from the entire syllabus.  __Section A __ Origins of the Indigenous Americans Geographical location of the Taino, Kalinago and Maya Social, Religious, Political and Economic Organisation of these groups Interaction of the Indigenous peoples (trade, warfare and migration) European colonization and the effects on the indigenous peoples European rivalry Mercantalism and the effects of it on the region  West African Societies The Sugar Revolution – causes and impact The Coming of the Africans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Plantation Society <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Section B __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Measures of Control Against the Africans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Forms of Resistence <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Major Slave Revolts – The Haitian Rev, Berbice 1763, Barbados 1816, Jamaica 1831 and Demerara 1823 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Maroonage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The ending of the Slave Trade <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Amelioration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Abolition of Slavery <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Emancipation Act and Apprenticeship <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Push and Pull Factors leading to Immigration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Indentureship (Chinese, Europeans and Indians) – Problems and Effects <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Difficulties of Sugar <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Expansion of the Sugar Industry outside of the British Caribbean – Cuba, Brazil <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Expansion and Alternative Development of Caribbean Economies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Peasantry __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Section C __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Migration out of the Caribbean – causes consequences <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Trade Unionism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Major policies adopted by political leaders between 1962 and 1985 to improve education, health, social welfare, housing, employment and investment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Economic, Political and Ideological factors which influenced the United States’ interest in the Caribbean up to 1962 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">An outline of United States intervention into the following territories: Cuba and Puerto Rico, Panama, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Grenada <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Economic, Social and Political effects of US imperialism in the Caribbean <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Section D __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Crown Colony Government <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Caribbean Federation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Constitutional steps towards Independence in British territories <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A look at individual Caribbean personalities and their contribution to Caribbean National Development <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Popular Protests in the 1930s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rastafarianism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Religion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Education
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Caribbean Economy and Slavery **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Resistance and Revolt **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Movements towards Emancipation **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Adjustments to Emancipation, 1838 – 1876 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Economic Diversification **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Social and Economic Conditions in the 20th Century **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The United States in the Caribbean, 1776-1985 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Movements towards Independence and Regional Integration up to 1985 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Social Life **