Historical Process Flashcards
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Members of ORG
Old Representative Government:
- Governor (rep. the monarch)
- Council (white elites chosen by governor)
- Assembly (white planters)
Who had the franchise in ORG
White population
What is political enfranchisement?
right of a population to determine its own affairs by being given the right to vote
Members of CCG
Crown Colony Government:
- Governor (rep. monarch)
- Legislative Council (nominated by governor, cannot make law)
Conditions after emancipation and indentureship
- declining sugar industry leading to UNEMPLOYMENT
- slums formed leading to poor sanitary conditions and diseases
- high illitaracy rate
Economic Factors responsible for Political Enfranchisement
- exposed to democracy after WWI and WWII
- unemplooyment after panama canal
- Outbreak of crop diseases
- Great depression
Social Factors responsible for Political Enfranchisement
- Poor sanitation –> diseases
- black power consciousness
- growth of intelligentsia
Political Factors responsible for Political Enfranchisement
- trade union movement
- labour protests, riots, strikes
Movements toward independence
1) Political Enfranchisement
2) Limited Franchise
3) Labour Protests of 1930s
4) Adult/Universal Suffrage
5) ISG
6) WIF
7) Economic Enfranchisement
8) Entrepreneuriaal activities: shopkeeing, saving societies (susu)
Limited Franchise: what year and who could’ve vote?
1922
men over 21, women over 30 who had high income and property
What is economic enfranchisement?
the right of a country to determine its own system of production
what were ways population gained economic freedom at individual level?
- remained on plantation to work for wages
- established free villages
- worked in cities as artisans, crasftsmen
- open businessses (chinese)
- established markey gardens, horticulture, rice farms, businesses (indians)
what were ways population gained economic freedom at national level?
- agricultural diversification
- diversification into non-agri areas
Reasons for emigration
- lack of land availibility in small islands (SKN, AB, Barb)
- collapse of sugar industry
- low wages/unemployment
Where did Caribbean ppl migrate to and why?
- Santo Domingo (DR): Railroads
- Panama: canal construction, railroads
- TT/Venezuela: Oil and energy
- England: WWI, rebuilding after WWII
- USA: pick cotton, tobacco, railroads, factories
- Canada: pick apples, farms, mines
Positive impacts of migration on the Caribbean
- remittances
- less pressure on social services (edu, health care)
- less competition for housing and jobs
- cultural exchange
Negative impacts of migration on the Caribbean
- disruption of family –> barrel children
- brain drain
- reduced productivity
Causes of slave revolts
- desire for freedom
- harsh treatment
- slaves were denied basic rights
- slaves outnumbered the whites
Reasons why rebellion failed
- lacked planning
- whites had superior weapons
- betrayal among slave population
- difficulty communicating amoing slaves
