Consitituional Development
What is a consitution?
The supreme law of the land.
What is the process of removing or nullifying colonial systems?
Decolonization
What is assimilation?
Based on the conviction of the superiority of the french, where the colonies gained the rights of the french. However, they had to give up their culture, religious practices, etc.
What made the Leewards and Barbados separate?
The leewards complained that Barbados was slowing down its development and not contributing enough.
Jamaica and Trinidad
What system was adopted by the North American, British Colonies.
The representative system
What is the westminster pattern?
a one party state
Name the French colonies
Gaudalope, Marntique, and French Guiana.
Name the two groups the Leewards were divided into and what countries made up those groups.
The northwestern group: St.Kitt, Nevis, and Angullia
Southeastern group: Antigua, Barbuda, and Montserrat.
What is the Cour d' appel ?
Most West Indian assemblies developed during the Civil War period, which was the exception.
Barbados
What was the greatest pressure that Great Britan faced in decolonization?
The United Nations
structure of the Peurto Rican government
Executive Branch: led by the governor, Legislative Branch: made up of 2 houses, a senate and house of representatives, Judicual branch: headed by the supreme court of Peurtorico.
what was the attitude of the British government towards the West Indian colonies?
They felt as though the colonies should unite to make a larger government making them easier to control.
Bible
Who incited the Morant Bay rebellion?
Paul Bogle
A joint declaration known as the Atlantic charter highlighted the common aims of the USA and Great Britain. Which prime minster that signed this charter
Winston Churchhill
What are the differences between the French and American colonies?
French colonies gave up their cultural identities, for economic benefits from France and equal rights as them. The US colonies got all the benefits of being US citizens while still having their own cultures and self-governance.
Name the 5 groups that urged for the west indian federation.
The west Indian Labor conference, the Barbados progressive league, the peoples' national party in Jamaica, the jamaica legislative council and the associated west indian chamber of commerce
Who is Luis Munoz Marin?
After the Morant Bay rebellion, what system was put in place?
The Crown Colony Government.
Name 3 internal pressures for self-government.
Education, representative associations, economic development, the Wood Report, working-class unrest, Marcus Garvey, and the Monye Commission.
What were the elements of the Peurtorican Constitution?
It is not recognized as an independent or a part of the USA. People can be citizens of Puerto Rico and the USA to hold dual citizenship. They don't have to pay federal income taxes on money made in Puerto Rico. They have representation in USA congress, but no vote.
Forces contributing to the breaking up of the Union?
St. Kitts and Nevis could not work in harmony, since Nevis felt that St. Kitts tyrannized her, and St. Kitts was jealous of Barbados' faster development. Island pride separated the islands. The rivalry caused by British colonialism caused them to be in constant competition with one another.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
Explorer who tired to find the fountain of youth but instead found Portugal.