Thursday 14, 2013

[3rd Taran]

Random Facts- The new world is referred to colonial The old world is referred to as Europe especially England Slave Background- =Slavery had been going on for a very long time. =It can be dated back to the time period of Ancient Egypt. =They were very important in growing food =One of the biggest roles in Rome =In colonial America they as so used Native Americans. Atlantic Slavery Trade- =Many historians compare this event to the Holocaust =Start in the mid-16th century and continued up until the 19th century Triangular Trade- =It was a trading network that was established in the late 16th century to early 19th century =It consisted of the New World, Old World, and Africa Middle Passage =Term used to refer to the event/ setting of sending the slaves across the Atlantic to Colonial America =The conditions were terrible. Ex: no bathrooms and close quarters =Some slaves would often commit suicide and would jump off the ship of starve themselves. =If a slave would starve to death, the captain of the ship would make friends or family members of the slave eat the liver and heart of the dead =around 15% to 20% of the slaves that were shipped over the Atlantic died on the journey =Dead slaves would be thrown over How they were captured- =Many slaves were actually sold into slavery by other Africans. The reason for this is due to the fact that the explorers would bribe the Africans =European Explorers would raid the coast for Africans =Once they were captured, they would walk to the coast and wait for a ship =They would be restrained to avoid the slaves escaping which was inhumane =The Europeans would take a variety of people from different villages Columbian Exchange- =Focused more the trade network for the Old World to the New World =Named after Christopher Columbus =Many different foods from each side were traded. =New World-beans, turkeys, pumpkins =Old World-Cattle, grapes, rice Cause and Effects- =The biggest caused for slavery is that Colonial America was expanding very quickly and the colonist did not have the man power to keep up -Effects =spread disease =Racial Superiority =Colonist became lazy