Category 1
What is Indentureship?
The state or period of being a servant bound to service for a specified time in return for passage to a colony
How many hours were the labourers expected to work and for how many days per week?
9 hours 5 days a week
From 1863 how long did the labour contract last
5 years
How did the European immigrants impact the language in the Caribbean
In the Caribbean, European languages—especially English, Spanish, French, and Dutch are still extensively spoken in the area, coexisting with Creole languages that arose from the mingling of European, African, and Indigenous languages.
What is Immigration
the act of someone coming to live in a different country
What were the four main things that the labourers were provided
food, clothing, shelter, medical care
What happened to the European labourers as a result of the work they were doing
perished due to their lack of experience to work, exposure to the climate, and tropical diseases.
How did the European immigrants impact the religion in the Caribbean
They brought Christianity
What is Immigrant Labour
Movement of persons from one state to another, or within their own country of residence, for the purpose of employment.
Before 1848 how long did the labour contract last
1 year
Initially why were the Europeans recruited
to increase the white population in the Caribbean
How did the European immigrants impact the holidays in the Caribbean
They brought Christmas and Easter which the Caribbean still celebrates
3 Examples of the countries that the Europeans went to
Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, The Bahamas, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vicent and the Grenadines, and Dominica
From 1848 - 1863 how long did the labour contract last
3 years
How did they impact sugar production
the Europeans didn't have that much of an impacted economically to the sugar plantations as they either died or refused to do "black work"
How did the European immigrants impact the legal systems in the Caribbean