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Disintegration of Slave Systems · CAPE History Unit 1

50 past-paper questions on Disintegration of Slave Systems, part of Slave Systems: Character and Dismantlement, from every CAPE History Unit 1 paper on Quelpr.

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  1. 5(a)2 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 1Outline the objectives of the selected rebellion.
  2. 5(b)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 1Outline TWO reasons why the chosen rebellion failed.
  3. 66 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 1Explain TWO economic reasons for the difficulties faced by planters in older British Caribbean colonies between 1800 and 1834.
  4. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2Assess the view that the enslaved people in Haiti were "the principal architects of their own freedom and of the successful movement towards national independence".
  5. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2Assess the strategies used by the British Abolitionists against the institution of slavery.
  6. 5(a)2 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1Briefly explain TWO objectives of General Leclerc's expedition to St. Domingue/Haiti in 1802.
  7. 5(b)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1Suggest TWO reasons why Leclerc's expedition failed.
  8. 66 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1Briefly describe THREE strategies used by the abolitionists in Britain between 1790 and 1833 to bring about the legislative dismantlement of slavery.
  9. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2Select ONE of the specified anti-slavery rebellions (Berbice 1763, Barbados 1816, Virginia 1831, or Jamaica 1831-1832). Outline the objectives of the rebellion you selected, and explain why the rebellion was suppressed.
  10. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2Assess the view that the economic decline of the plantation system in the colonies which became British before 1793 was a MAJOR factor leading to the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in 1834.
  11. 4(a)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2What does Document I suggest about the planters' attitude to the slaves' ability to successfully pursue a rebellion?
  12. 4(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I and II, outline TWO ways in which cultural practices influenced the slave revolt in Haiti.
  13. 4(c)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, briefly explain THREE ways in which the French Revolution contributed to the success of the Haitian Revolution.
  14. 4(d)12 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, briefly outline FOUR ways in which the slaves' military prowess contributed to the success of the rebellion.
  15. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2Assess the factors that contributed to the abolition of the trans-Atlantic trade in Africans to the Caribbean.
  16. 4(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2Examine Document I and explain how the form of resistance it describes impacted negatively on the plantation system.
  17. 4(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2What evidence does Document II provide of the successful challenge that the Haitian Revolution posed for the French Government under Napoleon Bonaparte?
  18. 4(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain how the responses of the colonial government to slave insurrections contributed to the disintegration of the slave system.
  19. 4(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2"Atlantic slavery was a system fraught with violence. The enslaved tried to resist this system by any means they could". To what extent is this view supported by the evidence provided in Documents I, II and III?
  20. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2Discuss the view that the disintegration of the system of enslavement was the result of forces from within as well as from outside the Caribbean.
  21. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2Assess the effectiveness of non-violent strategies of resistance used by the enslaved during slavery.
  22. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2Discuss the contribution of the Eric Williams’ decline thesis to the explanation for the dismantlement of the British slave system.
  23. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2Select ONE of the following anti-slavery rebellions: (i) Berbice, 1763, (ii) Barbados, 1816, (iii) Virginia, 1831, (iv) Jamaica, 1831 – 1832. Discuss the view that the selected rebellion failed to achieve its primary…
  24. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2"Emancipation was designed to compensate the planters." Discuss this statement with reference to ONE of the following: (i) The 1833 Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies, (ii) The Decree to…
  25. 4(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE reasons put forward by the abolitionist lobby for the abolition of the slave trade to the British Caribbean.
  26. 4(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain THREE reasons put forward by the planters against the abolition of the slave trade.
  27. 4(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain TWO reasons for the gradual approach taken by the abolitionists to the ending of slavery.
  28. 4(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss THREE factors that prompted the move from the gradual approach to the immediate ending of slavery.
  29. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2Account for the success of the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804.
  30. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2Discuss the consequences of ONE of the following slave rebellions: (i) The Berbice Rebellion of 1763, (ii) The Barbados Revolt of 1816, (iii) The Virginia Insurrection of 1831, or (iv) The Jamaica Rebellion of 1831–1832.
  31. 4(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain why some members of Parliament in Britain supported the emancipation of the enslaved in the Caribbean, including TWO reasons in your response.
  32. 4(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2Give TWO reasons for the petition presented in Document II.
  33. 4(c)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain ONE way in which the Emancipation Act in the British or French or Spanish territories benefited the planters.
  34. 4(c)(ii)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain ONE way in which the Emancipation Act in the British or French or Spanish territories was a disadvantage to the formerly enslaved.
  35. 4(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE strategies used by the abolitionists to bring about the ending of chattel slavery in the Caribbean.
  36. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2“The outcome of the Haitian Revolution in 1804 resulted from favourable circumstances.” Discuss the extent to which this statement accounts for the success of the Haitian Revolution.
  37. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2Evaluate the decline thesis of Eric Williams and the debate which it has generated.
  38. 4(a)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 1, explain what kept powering the rebels.
  39. 4(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 2, describe how the fetish would help the rebels to succeed.
  40. 4(c)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 3, examine THREE reasons for the view that the whites underestimated the rebels' ability.
  41. 4(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Documents 1, 2 and 3, explain why the whites in St Domingue were unable to put down the revolt of 1791.
  42. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2Assess the contribution of the abolition movements in Europe to the dismantlement of slavery.
  43. 530 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2Discuss the contribution of humanitarians to the abolition and ending of slavery in the British and French Caribbean.
  44. 4(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE ways in which events in France contributed to the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution.
  45. 4(b)(i)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain TWO ways in which the description given of Toussaint was justified.
  46. 4(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain ONE way in which Toussaint's leadership style aided the success of the Haitian Revolution.
  47. 4(c)(i)2 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, give ONE reason for LeClerc's request for reinforcement.
  48. 4(c)(ii)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, give TWO reasons why the French force under LeClerc failed to reconquer Haiti.
  49. 4(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2The Haitian Revolution succeeded due to a combination of external and internal factors. Explain THREE ways in which this assertion is supported by Documents I, II and III.
  50. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to the British OR French OR Spanish Caribbean, examine the view that the legislative dismantlement of the slave system was a reluctant compromise.

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