Jamaica Research Paper

Land was necessary during the sugar trade because it was important to grow sugar cane. According to document 2, the climate and soil types were ideal for growing sugar cane in Jamaica and Barbados. Therefore, the European countries who colonized the islands could grow sugar cane, sell it back to Europe who taxes and then receives tons of money. Britain than became more rich and a very powerful colony.

“The imposition of structural adjustment programs in the Third World since the 1970s has been characterized as a war against the poor, a process of [neo] recolonization” (Turner, 1994: 37). This statement is particularly applicable to the country of Jamaica. The island has been susceptible to a variety of neocolonial acts including the presence of multinational corporations, structural adjustment programs, and loan organizations that have sucked Jamaica’s economy dry. This neocolonial presence has devastated the population in more ways than one. It is apparent that neocolonialism has had and continues to have a large impact on society as a whole in Jamaica. This

The Jamaican economy in 1970 was 800 million dollars in debt and by the time of the year 2000 the debt had reached an alarming 7 billion dollars. In order to service its accumulated debts Jamaica set up Exporting Processing Zones or EPZ’s. The free zones created lots of employment to jump-start the economy. The free zones themselves were separate entities to Jamaica, similar to the US-owned cemetery for the WW2 soldiers in Normandy. In this way, the supplies needed for manufacturing never really enter Jamaica, thus allowing for cheap imports. The factories had their downsides though. Workers were only paid in Jamaican dollars about 30USD per week while some were paid that for two weeks. Every two weeks, money was taken out as taxes which angered the Jamaicans

The cause and effects of the Haitian Revolution have played, and continue to play, a major role in the history of the Caribbean. During the time of this rebellion, slavery was a large institution throughout the Caribbean. The success of the sugar and other plantations was based on the large slave labor forces. Without these forces, Saint Domingue, the island with the largest sugar production, and the rest of the Caribbean, would face the threat of losing a profitable industry.

Haiti and Jamaica were both colonized for economic purposes. Like the other Caribbean islands that were initially inhabited by native peoples such as the Taino, they traded hands as one European power after another fought each other claiming territory for their selves. Haiti eventually fell to the French and England took Jamaica. Both islands were used for sugar production and both France and England relied on slave labor for success. The native populations were not a part of the European slave system because they were either wiped out during the initial conquests or were able to emigrate to familiar lands in the Caribbean. France and England capitalized on the existing slave market of western Africa to supply the demand for labor. European exploitation of slaves from Africa increased the slave trade so that, until the trade was abolished in the late nineteenth century, millions of humans were stolen from their homeland and transported across the Atlantic not.

The island of Jamaica is very rich in culture and has many historic turnabouts throughout the years. The country has a rich and complex history including being the first country to have Arawak and Taino Indians settle there.

My story takes place in Montego Bay, Jamaica the time is at midnight. It is a very beautiful island. It is south of the Caribbean island Cuba. The island has nice, quiet beaches. The food is very good and spicy. They have goats walking on the streets of the island. It also is the third largest island in the Caribbean it has pretty blue mountains and the people are really nice. Jamaica is a very pretty tropical island. The houses on the island are nice and pretty on top of the mountains. It has nice sunshine in the morning and afternoon and they have nice rain forests too. You feel a good cold breeze on the sandy beaches on the island if you walk closer to the blue water coming up on your legs and feet. Jamaica has a rich island culture.

     Bananas are another industry that is suffering in Jamaica. American companies like Chiquita and Dole rely solely on developing countries for production of their product. Farmers have to deal with the competition of countries that are even less costly to the US, such as Columbia. Milk production was once very strong in Jamaica and has now dramatically declined due to taxes implemented on the country.

Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Islands, it covers 10,831 square kilometers of land and 160 square kilometers of water. Jamaica’s absolute location is 18.1096° N, 77.2975° W. Jamaica is a short distance south of Cuba and an even shorter distance west of Haiti. It's about 1000 kilometers (600 Miles) east of the shore of Mexico. Jamaica is the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean Sea. The capital of Jamaica is Kingston and has a population of 2.715 million. Jamaica’s traditional foods are curry goat, fried dumplings, ackee and salt fish. Jamaica is known for the music genres that are played by Jamaican musicians. Jamaica is known for five things: the first one is the land of beauty which is very attractive, relaxing beaches, rivers, and waterfalls.

Reggae brought money to Jamaica and caused it to become more modern. [XXX SOURCE XXX] stated that “Jamaica was in the process of becoming urban and modern, and the young people who found themselves in the capital of Kingston were no longer interested in the "country" music of their past”. The old traditional music of Jamaica had gone away, and Reggae took over. Jamaica was become more and more modern because people started opening up clubs, which people payed a lot of money to go to because they played new Reggae music. Because of the tourists that visited Jamaica, Jamaica got a lot of money which made it become more modern and urbanized.

Jamaica has a history of farming, hunting, gathering and fishing going back to colonial days. This is when the British colonized the country in order to provide them with a number of agricultural products they could sell on the world markets. The most notable include: sugar cane, coffee, bananas, yams, citrus fruits, vegetables and fish. As the country developed, is when industrialization began to occur. This took place with tourism becoming the most dominant industry. At the same time, there was a focus on bauxite, chemicals, paper, cement and textile production. These different areas are used to account for the majority of it exports. This is based upon figures illustrating where the majority of GDP growth is occurring. ("Jamaica") (Rogozinski) (Taylor)

In 1616 the Dutch were the first Colonizers to settle in what we now Guyana. Not much is known about the first arrival of slaves, but it’s believed that the first groups of slaves were brought by the Dutch West India Company. Though the Dutch colonies were driven by trade in the Caribbean, they switch into crops. Agriculture production increased for the Dutch, but they were short of laborers. They had a low indigenous population to work on the plantations, so the Dutch West India Company went to get to African slaves to work on the sugar plantations. The slave ships arrived different port such as Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice. This is where they had auctions and the planters

The recorded history of the island begins with Columbus' landing in July 31, 1498. The island was appropriately named Trinidad after the Holy Trinity. Spain showed little interest in the new territory until about 1530 when Antonio Sedeno was named

The economy of Jamaica is very diverse, even for being an island. Some of the primary industries that help make up the economy include agriculture, ranching, fishing, forestry, tourism, and mining. Sugar is the leading export crop, and is produced mainly on plantations that are organized around modern sugar factories. Also there are many farmers that are also independent growers of Sugar as well. As recently as 2000, raw sugar production was estimated at 175,000 tons, which was down from 290,000 tons in 1978. Sugar is still Jamaica's largest agricultural export, which earned them $66 million in 2001. Sugar is also used in the production of molasses (79,653 tons in 2002) and rum (24.2 million liters in 2002). Other items produced and exported are coffee, bananas, fruits, and yams. In Jamaica, ranching consists mainly of the raising of cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. In addition, they also have dairy farms that make enough dairy products to supply their entire country. Also, fishing in Jamaica is a large industry that started back with the natives using it to be a source of food. Since the 1980s, the island’s fishing industry has developed enough that they no longer need to import fish to keep up with the tourist industries demand. Not to be forgotten, the lumber industry makes up a part of Jamaica’s industry as well. There are 120,000 acres that make up the forest, and only 20% of the forest is used for cutting to make timber and

In 1836 John Gladstone , a Guyanese plantation owner, applied to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for permission to import Indian labourers. In 1838, 396 arrived and the great flood of Indian immigration begun. The Caribbean seemed attractive with high wages, shelter, medical care and a chance to find new occupations besides agriculture. It was immediately proclaimed a success. However, their fate was terrible. Investigations by the Anti-Slavery Society found evidence of fluffing and other forms of punishment. 9 of the Indians on the Gladstone estates died before their time of indenture was over. In July 1838 the Indian government suspended emigration to the West Indies while an investigation of the conditions in British Guiana was carried out by