Resistance and Revolt · CSEC Caribbean History

73 past-paper questions on Resistance and Revolt, part of Section A, from every CSEC Caribbean History paper on Quelpr.

1. 5(a)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Outline the MAIN cause of the rebellion in Barbados in 1816.
2. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2In what ways were the causes of the 1763 rebellion in Berbice different from the causes of the 1831 revolt in Jamaica?
3. 5(c)6 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why the slaves in Berbice in 1763 were able to gain success in the early months of the rebellion.
4. 5(d)7 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why the rebellion in Jamaica in 1831 collapsed so quickly.
5. 6(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Describe FIVE ways in which the Haitian economy was affected by the Haitian Revolution.
6. 6(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain FOUR ways in which the wider Caribbean benefitted from the Haitian Revolution.
7. 5(a)6 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Outline three factors that contributed to the development of Maroon societies in the Caribbean.
8. 5(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Outline three difficulties faced by the developing Maroon societies in the Caribbean.
9. 5(c)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Discuss the measures taken by the Maroons to overcome the difficulties they encountered in the development of their societies.
10. 6(a)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Explain five factors that led the slaves in Barbados to revolt against the system of slavery in 1816.
11. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Explain the factors that were responsible for the defeat of the slaves by the authorities in Barbados in 1816.
12. 4(b)13 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain how enslaved Africans were able to retain some aspects of their culture during the period of plantation slavery.
13. 5(a)6 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain why the slave masters found it necessary to control the enslaved Africans on the Caribbean sugar plantations.
14. 5(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Describe THREE methods of slave control employed by the master on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
15. 5(c)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Identify THREE ways in which Spanish slave laws differed from the English slave laws.
16. 625 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2EITHER: Write a report explaining the factors that were responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution. OR: Write a report accounting for the success of the Haitian Revolution up to 1804.
17. 5(a)5 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline TWO examples of passive resistance that were used by both enslaved men and women in the Caribbean.
18. 5(b)5 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline TWO examples of active resistance that were used by both enslaved men and women in the Caribbean.
19. 5(c)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Describe THREE methods of resistance to slavery that were used ONLY by enslaved women.
20. 6(a)13 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Discuss the effects of the Haitian Revolution UP TO 1830 on Haiti.
21. 6(b)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Discuss the effects of the Haitian Revolution UP TO 1830 on the rest of the Caribbean.
22. 7(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline FOUR reasons why these slave revolts were unsuccessful.
23. 5(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why enslaved Africans ran away from plantations to join Maroon communities.
24. 5(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Examine FOUR factors that influenced the development of Maroon communities in Jamaica.
25. 625 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Write a letter as a French official visiting St. Domingue in August 1791 to your Supervisor explaining FIVE factors responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution.
26. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why the enslaved Africans feared the European planters.
27. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Examine FOUR reasons why the European planters feared the enslaved Africans.
28. 5(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Describe THREE ways in which physical conditions favoured the setting up of Maroon communities.
29. 5(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Examine FOUR reasons, other than physical conditions, why planters found it difficult to defeat the Maroons.
30. 625 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Imagine that it is 1804 and you are a French priest stationed in St Domingue. Write a letter to your Bishop explaining why the enslaved Africans succeeded in destroying slavery in the island.
31. 7(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Examine, in detail, FOUR reasons why enslaved Africans opposed their enslavement.
32. 5(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2List two examples of insurrectionary resistance and two examples of non-insurrectionary resistance, excluding running away.
33. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Explain three reasons why enslaved Africans ran away from Caribbean sugar plantations.
34. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Examine three effects on sugar plantations when enslaved Africans escaped or ran away.
35. 6(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Identify four major slave revolts that took place in the British Caribbean prior to the 1831 Jamaica revolt.
36. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Explain three causes of the 1831 Jamaica revolt.
37. 5(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2List FOUR different types of methods, other than those dictated by law, used by sugar planters to control enslaved Africans on a typical sugar plantation in the 1700s.
38. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Describe any THREE of the methods used by sugar planters to control enslaved Africans on a typical sugar plantation in the 1700s.
39. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why these methods of control did not always succeed.
40. 6(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Identify FOUR territories in which major revolts were staged by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean.
41. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Give THREE reasons for the early success of the 1816 revolt.
42. 6(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Examine THREE factors which were responsible for the failure of the 1816 revolt.
43. 5(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Identify TWO forms of resistance utilized by enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage.
44. 5(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Name TWO Caribbean territories where substantial maroon settlements formed.
45. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Describe THREE tactics used by enslaved women to withhold labour from plantation owners.
46. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Examine THREE ways insurrectionary resistance by enslaved individuals created difficulties for plantation owners.
47. 6(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Name FOUR leaders of the Haitian Revolution.
48. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Explain ONE way the Haitian Revolution posed a threat to the United States and TWO ways it benefited the Caribbean.
49. 6(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Examine THREE ways the protracted war for independence damaged Haiti's economy and society.
50. 5(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Name two Caribbean territories where the Code Noir applied directly.
51. 5(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Name two Caribbean territories where the Siete Partidas applied directly.
52. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Explain three reasons why the French and Spanish authorities instituted slave codes to regulate enslaved people.
53. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Discuss three methods used by British Caribbean planters to restrict the economic activities of enslaved people.
54. 6(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Identify two major agricultural crops cultivated in St. Domingue in 1791.
55. 6(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Name two distinct social groups present in St. Domingue in 1789.
56. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Describe three ways in which the Haitian Revolution impacted the economy of Haiti.
57. 6(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Explain three ways the wider Caribbean region benefited from the Haitian Revolution.
58. 5(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2List FOUR geographical features which facilitated the development of maroon communities in the Caribbean.
59. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Describe THREE features of the origins and growth of maroon communities in Jamaica.
60. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Examine THREE strategies used by maroon communities to overcome the obstacles to their development.
61. 6(a)(i)1 mark· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Name the leader of the Jamaican rebellion of 1831.
62. 6(a)(ii)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Name THREE religious leaders who were blamed for the rebellion of 1831.
63. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2State THREE causes of the 1831 rebellion in Jamaica.
64. 4(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2List TWO aspects of African culture that may be supported by the extract provided.
65. 4(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Name TWO other aspects of African culture practised by enslaved Africans.
66. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Describe THREE measures or methods used to suppress African cultural expression during slavery.
67. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Examine THREE reasons for the persistence of African cultural forms in the Caribbean up to 1838.
68. 5(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Name FOUR forms of resistance used by enslaved men and women in the Caribbean.
69. 5(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Outline THREE causes of resistance by enslaved Africans and give ONE example of EACH.
70. 5(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Examine THREE factors that usually prevented the enslaved from overthrowing the system of slavery.
71. 6(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Identify ONE male and ONE female leader of major nineteenth-century slave revolts in the British Caribbean, and the territories with which these leaders were associated.
72. 6(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Explain THREE main causes of the Demerara Revolt of 1823.
73. 6(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Examine THREE major consequences of the Demerara Revolt of 1823.