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90467R
Level 2 History, 2011
90467 Examine evidence in historical sources
9.30 am Thursday 24 November 2011
Credits: Four
RESOURCE BOOKLET
Refer to this booklet to answer the questions for History 90467.
Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 8 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.
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SOURCE A
19th Century Overview: History and Social Structure of Tonga
By the early 19th century, as European traders and Christian missionaries ...
... to challenge the restrictions imposed upon them by this long-standing social structure.
Brief Timeline of Tongan History, 1826–2006
1826: Methodist missionaries allowed to settle on the main island of Tongatapu ...
... 2006: Death of Taufa’ahau Tupou IV; George Tupou V becomes King; riots break out in
the capital Nuku’alofa as protestors demand faster change towards democracy.
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SOURCE B
Excerpts from the Tongan Constitution, 1875
PART II – FORM OF GOVERNMENT
A: Form of Government
The form of Government for this Kingdom is a Parliamentary Government ...
... for Parliament to discuss it again until the next time Parliament meets.
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The youngest member of the Tongan Parliament standing
at grave of the missionary Shirley Baker, 1949. Baker wrote
Tonga’s first ever Constitution, for King Tupou I. Baker died in
1903, and this monument was erected after his death.
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SOURCE C
Reply in Parliament to the opening speech of King George Tupou II,
given by the Representative of the Tongan Nobles, 1903.
“We the Government Ministers and Representatives of the Nobles ...
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... has deepened relationships between the two countries and brought great benefits to
Tonga.”
Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti and the Cook Islands. Published in 1907 with the approval of His
Majesty King George II of Tonga, and of the British Consul based in Tonga [Hamilton Hunter], and of the German
Governor of Samoa [Wilhelm Solf]. From the section “Tonga”, pp 41–42.
King Tupou II with his newly-wed wife, Queen Lavinia Veiongo, 1 June 1899.
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SOURCE D
Pro-democracy riots and trials
Posted at 06:16 on 19 January, 2007
Radio New Zealand News (International Service)
Tonga’s leading pro-democracy Member of Parliament, ‘Akilisi Pohiva, is the ...
... political reform hadn’t worked.” Further arrests of pro-democracy movement figures are
expected.
Riots in Nuku´aolfa, November 2006.
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SOURCE E
Coronation of King George Tupou V
King George Tupou V is a direct descendant of Tonga’s first King, ...
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... on the reconstruction of the destroyed capital.
Tongan students wearing fa seed necklaces perform the Lakalaka
dance for King George Tupou V during the Cultural Day
celebrations in the capital, Nuku´alofa, on 29 July 2008.
Tupou V seated on his throne during the coronation
ceremony, 1 August 2008. Amid ringing church bells,
booming cannons, balloons and cheering children,
Tonga crowned its new King in front of a church
congregation of 1 000 well-wishers that included
Tongan, British, Japanese and Thai royalty, as well as
South Pacific chiefs and other leaders.
Tongan nobles wearing ‘aofivalas (waist mats)
await the arrival of the King for the taumafa kava
ritual on 30 July 2008. Consuming a coconut shell
of kava in a single motion was the final act in a
ceremony that saw the King officially became the
23rd ruler of Tonga.
The newly crowned King of Tonga emerges to greet the
thousands of well-wishers in Nuku’alofa, Friday, 1 August
2008.
Tupou V (standing in the vehicle wearing
the red sash), inspects his troops during the
Coronation Military Parade, 2 August 2008.
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SOURCE F
Election Results, November 2010
Summary of the 25 November 2010 Tongan Legislative Assembly election results
Parties
Votes
%
Seats
Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
10 953
28.49
12
Total
38 447
100.00
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Source: Matangi Tonga
Note – the ‘commoners’ [ordinary Tongans] were eligible ...
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... Minister of Police and, despite his party’s name, did not support the aims of the pro-democracy
movement.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Note: Most text sources used in this examination have been adapted from the originals.
Source A
http://www.everyculture.com/Oceania/Tonga-Sociopolitical-Organization.html#ixzz1EvGSLbgp
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Tonga-GeoI.jpg
Source B
http://www.paclii.org/to/legis/consol_act/cot238/
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030077b.htm
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=1d5a395426799e3b&q=shirley%20baker%20
tonga&prev=/images%253Fq%253Dshirley%252Bbaker%252Btonga%2526um%253D1%2526hl%253D
en%2526sa%253DN%2526biw%253D1259%2526bih%253D592%2526tbs%253Disch:1
Source C
http://www.tongaturismo.info/old-tonga/old-34.jpg
Source D
http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6158720.stm
http://anarchafairy.wordpress.com/2007/04/29/the-nu-face-of-youth-rebellion/
http://wn.com/tonga
Source E
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_new_king_of_tonga.html
Source F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongan_general_election,_2010