Caribbean studies midterm
Jones Act 1917
-PR can elect their own government
1900 Foraker Act?
-became US citizens -travel freely between the mainland and home -eligible for military services -do not pay federal taxes -cannot run for Pres or vote for Pres.
Agreements in the Blood Oath/ Maroon treaty 1838
-maroons were set free -had to help protect island from foreign enemies -had to help put down future slave rebellions -return runaway slaves
Background of Toussaint Louverture
-was a free black plantation owner -former slave educated in france -general of rebel slave group
When did the US receive PR
1898 in Spanish American War
Island groups that consist of the Netherland antilles?
ABC,SSS
What islands consists of the ABC
Aruba,Bonaire, Curacao
Who colonized the caribbean?
British,French,Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
3 countries involved in the triangular trade
Caribbean-Europe-Africa
3 main indigenous tribes
Caribes, Arawaks,Tainos
Who were the leaders of the maroons?
Cudjoe and Nanny
where did most slaves come from?
Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea
Where were the maroons from?
Jamaica
Who was Toussaint Louverture's right hand man?
Jean Jaques D.
Name thinkers of the enlightenment period
John Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu,Rousseau
Who reinstated slavery in Haiti?
Napoleon Bonaparte
what island consists of SSS?
Saba, Statia, Saint Maarten
Famous for helping Haiti
Toussaint louverture
US Navy uses what islands for weapon testing?
Vieques and Culebra
Relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States
common wealth
What does maroons stand for?
descendants of escaped slaves
What was the regime of Papa and Baby Doc?
dictatorship
What does Haiti stand for?
land of many mountains
What were most slaves occupation beforehand?
military strategists,warriors
What is apanjaht?
politics that appeal to ethnicity only
What did the enlightenment period lead to
rights of man
How did most indians die?
smallpox or yellow fever
Who created guerrilla tactics?
the maroons
