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6 marksNationalism and Nation Building

CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 7(a)

Based on Documents I, II, and III relating to movements towards independence, assimilation, and departmentalization in the Caribbean in the twentieth century.

With reference to Document I, briefly discuss THREE reasons for the move towards federation by the British West Indies in the 1940s.

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  1. 7(b)(i)With reference to Document II, outline THREE steps taken by the people of the French-colonized Caribbean to become 'fully French' in the twentieth century.[6 marks]
  2. 7(b)(ii)With reference to Document II, explain ONE step taken by opponents in the French-colonized Caribbean to become 'fully French' in the 1940s.[3 marks]
  3. 7(c)With reference to Document III, explain TWO 'benefits' which the people of Départment d'Outre-Mer gained from belonging to the French Community since 1946.[6 marks]
  4. 7(d)With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain why the British-colonized and the French-colonized Caribbean took different political paths in the 1940s.[9 marks]

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