Saint Vincent and the Grenadines CXC CAPE History

This course follows the CXC CAPE History syllabus, which is standardized across the Caribbean. The syllabus is designed to provide certification of the academic achievement of students who have completed five years of secondary education and wish to further their studies. The syllabus aims to develop an understanding of Caribbean history within the larger context of the Atlantic World, emphasizing the historical experiences and relationships of the peoples of the Caribbean and the Atlantic region. The syllabus is divided into two units, each consisting of three modules.

Unit 1: The Caribbean in the Atlantic World

• Module 1: Indigenous Societies
• Focuses on the achievements of indigenous American societies before the arrival of Europeans and Africans, and the nature of interactions among indigenous peoples, Africans, and Europeans.
• Includes a comparative analysis of two indigenous groups, one from the Aztec, Inca, or Maya, and one from the Kalinago, Taino, or Tupi. Also covers Atlantic connections before 1492, Spanish settlements in the Caribbean up to 1600, and the conquests of the Aztecs and Incas.
• Module 2: Slave Systems: Character and Dismantlement
• Examines the character of Caribbean society during slavery, the significance of struggles against enslavement, and the process of abolition.
• Covers the institution of slavery, its impact on Caribbean society, the measures used by enslaved peoples to survive and resist, the Haitian Revolution, and the dismantlement of slave systems in the Caribbean.
• Module 3: Freedom in Action
• Explores the evolution of new institutions and relationships, social and demographic changes, and nation-building in the post-slavery Caribbean.
• Covers the establishment of new identities and social relations, Haiti's attempts to create a free society, independence movements and regional integration in the British-colonized Caribbean, the Cuban Revolution, and the status of the French-colonized Caribbean.

Unit 2: The Atlantic World and Global Transformations

• Module 1: Atlantic World: Interactions
• Focuses on the establishment of European activities in Africa and the Americas after 1450 and how Atlantic ideologies, revolutions, and independence movements shaped the Atlantic world.
• Covers European settlement and rivalry in the Americas, West African responses to European contact, the European Enlightenment, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution.
• Module 2: Atlantic Development: Identity and Industry
• Examines how slavery and the transatlantic slave trade contributed to the Industrial Revolution in England and the Atlantic economy, European imperial expansion, industrialization in the United States, and struggles for independence in Latin America.
• Covers the Industrial Revolution in England, industrialization in the USA, Manifest Destiny, US interventions in the Caribbean and Latin America, and independence and national development in either Brazil or Venezuela.
• Module 3: International Relations: Conflict and Liberation
• Explores European conflicts, the emergence of totalitarianism, and the development of the 20th-century world order.
• Covers World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution, Nazism in Germany, and decolonization and liberation movements in India and South Africa.