Thursday March 14

Plymouth Rock Colony

Settled and Conquered

Ag Advancements

Settlers

Contact with Natives

Issues

Key Players

John Smith
- Already been to the New World
- Mapped New England
- Captain Smith was willing to sail with them on the Mayflower as an adviser but the Pilgrims didn’t have enough money to pay for his services
- Purchased his book instead
- The region had already been called Plymoth on his map of New England, drawn in 1614
Squanto
- Tisquantum
- Native American man who became a member of the colony
- Acted as an interpreter and mediator between Plymouth’s leaders and local Native Americans
- Assidted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World
William Bradford
- One of the founders of Plymouth Colony in 1620
- One of the framers of the Mayflower Compact
- Leader of the Separatist congregation
- Served as Plymouth’s governor for more than 30 years after its founding
- Wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”

Successes

Major Event

Random Facts

Slave Background

Slavery had been going on for a very long time
It can be dated back to the time period of Ancient Egypt
One of the biggest roles that slavery had in a civilization would have been in Rome
- They were very important in growing food in the latifundias
- Also in Colonial American it was not just the Africans that would use as slaves, Natives were also tried but the colonists had better luck with the Africans

Atlantic Slavery Trade

Many historians compare this event to the Holocaust
Start in the mid-16^th century and continued up until the 19^th century
Current estimate of the number of slaves that were actually shipped across the Atlantic is roughly 12 million even though historians think that more were purchased

Triangular Trade

It was a trading network that was established in the late 16^th century to early 19^th century
It was trade network that consisted of the New World (including West Indies), Old World, and Africa
Some of the best exports:
- Africa- Saves
- Old World- manufactured goods
- New World – cash crops (tobacco)

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 ofter would even commit suicide by either not eating or jumping off the ship and generally would drown
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 slave
Around 15% to 20% of the slaves that were shipped over the Atlantic died on the journey there
Dead slaves would be thrown overboard to help avoid disease even though there were many diseases already being spread on the ships

How they were captured

Many of the slaves were actually sold into slavery by other Africans. The reason for this si due to the fact that the European explorers would bribe the Africans with manufactured goods like alcohol and guns
Generally the Europeans explores would conduct the coats raids, but if they went too much inland the Europeans wanted nothing to do with that
Once captured: they would walk to the coast and wait for ships. This would sometimes take months for the European ships to appear.
They would be restrained to avoid the slaves escaping hich is very inhumane
Also the Europeans would take variety of slaves from different villages. The reason for this is that Africa has many different languages so it was impossible for some of them to communicate

Colombian Exchange

Focuses more the trade network for the Old World to the New World
Named after Christopher Columbus
Many different foods from each side were exchanged which benefitted both sides
For the most part it was a pretty positive experience except for the disease that it brought both sides

Causes and Effects

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