Free villages, peasants and Crown colony government - Paper 2013 till 2016
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- Q1
Which of the following BEST explains why missionairies helped the formerly enslaved to create villages?
Villages brought people together for recreation.
Villages increased the social status of the region.
Villages allowed ex slaves to own land.
Villages facilitated churches and schools.
300s - Q2
There were more free villages in Jamaica than there were in Barbados MAINLY because…
The freed Africans in Jamaica had more money to buy land than those in Barbados.
The Jamaican planters encouraged their freed Africans to set up free villages.
In Jamaica more land was available for settlement.
In Barbados the freed Africans did not want to leave the plantations.
300s - Q3
Which group of territories owned MOST Crown land?
Antigua, Grenada, Guyana.
Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad.
Barbados Grenada, Trinidad.
Antigua, Guyana, Jamaica
300s - Q4
The next two items refer to the following information.
‘’William Knibb foresaw that planters would try to force extra work from their free labourers by increasing rents on homes on the estate.’’
To which territory is the statement referring?
Barbados
Jamaica
Trinidad
Guyana
300s - Q5
Which action did Knibb take to assist freed Africans to acquire land?
Report to governor.
Establish free villages.
Warn the labourers.
Plead with the planters.
300s - Q6
The next item refers to the following information.
‘’William Knibb foresaw that planters would try to force extra work from their free labourers by increasing rents on homes on the estate.’’
Which of the following BEST describes the response of free labourers in the Caribbean?
Payment of the increased rent.
Riots against the planters.
Establishment of their homes off the plantation.
Refusal to leave the plantation.
300s - Q7
Which of the following was NOT a means by which freed men acquired land after emancipation?
Renting estate lands.
Receiving land from the British government.
Squatting on Crown lands.
Buying old estate lands.
300s - Q8
Which of the following was a consequence of the establishment of the peasantry in the large territories of the British West Indies?
Development of tenantry system.
Decrease in small holdings.
Expansion of Crown Lands.
Development of free villages.
300s - Q9
Help in the formation of free villages in Jamaica MAINLY came from…
Local assemblies
Planters
Missionaries
Stipendiary magistrates
300s - Q10
There were more free villages in Jamaica than there were in Barbados MAINLY because…
In Jamaica more land was available for settlement.
In Barbados the freed Africans did not want to leave the plantations.
Freed Africans in Jamaica had more money to buy land than Freed Africans in Barbados.
The Jamaican planters encouraged the freed Africans to set up free villages.
300s - Q11
Which of the following BEST describes a British proprietor in the period after Emancipation?
Someone who cultivated plots of land on his/her own account.
Someone who worked for very low wages.
Someone who sold ground provisions in the market.
Someone who worked on a large farm.
300s - Q12
Which of the following crops was MOST likely to be sold in a peasant market?
Sugar cane
Sweet patatoes
Tobacco
Cotton
300s - Q13
What action did William Knibb take to assist freed Africans to acquire land?
Establish free villages.
Bribe the planters.
Report to the governor.
Warn the labourers.
300s