history: Resistance - look at the berbice rebellion, I feel the maroons is an option as well. And types of control. Metropolitan- emancipation act and apprenticeship - i feel strongly about apprenticeship. Us - I think us intrest in the Caribbean- Cuba, Panama, Cuba - castos policies.

What was the Berbice Rebellion?

An 1823 uprising in Guyana led by Cuffy, where enslaved people rebelled against Dutch colonial rule.

Who were the Maroons?

Escaped enslaved Africans who formed independent communities and resisted colonial powers.

What was the Emancipation Act of 1834?

A law that abolished slavery in the British Empire but introduced the apprenticeship system.

What was the Apprenticeship System?

A system where freed individuals had to work for their former masters for a set period before gaining full freedom.

What was the Berbice Rebellion?

An 1823 uprising in Guyana led by Cuffy, where enslaved people rebelled against Dutch colonial rule.

Who were the Maroons?

Escaped enslaved Africans who formed independent communities and resisted colonial powers.

What was the Emancipation Act of 1834?

A law that abolished slavery in the British Empire but introduced the apprenticeship system.

What was the Apprenticeship System?

A system where freed individuals had to work for their former masters for a set period before gaining full freedom.

Why was the U.S. interested in the Panama Canal?

To facilitate faster maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

How did the U.S. influence Cuba after the Spanish-American War?

Through economic interests and political interventions.

Who was Fidel Castro?

The leader of the Cuban Revolution who established a communist government in 1959.

What were some of Castro's key policies?

Nationalization of industries