E. Napp Objective: To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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E. Napp Objective: To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Do Now: Multiple-choice questions from previous lessons
Questions: Why did Europeans turn to Africa for its labor source? ________________________________ What happened in the 1500s? ________________________________ Why was the trade known as Triangle Trade? ________________________________ What did the slave trade result in? ________________________________ Define Diaspora. ________________________________ As colonies in the Americas grew, so did the need for cheap, reliable labor. At first, European settlers attempted to enslave Native Americans. This was a failure because Native Americans were unsuited to plantation work. Also, it was easy for them to escape and return to their people. Europeans then turned to Africa for its labor source. Starting in the 1500s, large numbers of Africans were bought and transported to the Americas for agricultural work. This trade became very large and profitable and was known as the Triangle Trade due to goods and people moving from Europe to Africa to the Americas. The slave trade resulted in the Diaspora or forced migration of millions of people. ~regentsprep.org Cornell Notes Outline: The Transatlantic Slave Trade (Add Key Words and Summaries)
Please read the passage below and answer the questions: The deaths of many Native Americans from new diseases and harsh working conditions created a need for a work force for the Spanish colonists. The solution was found in the transatlantic slave trade. Slavery had existed in Africa long before the arrival of the Europeans. However, the transatlantic slave trade expanded slavery on a massive scale. Over a four hundred year period from 1441 to 1888, European and American slave traders removed millions of Africans. Many of the captives died during the voyage from Africa to the Americas known as the “Middle Passage” due to the horrible conditions on board the ships. The enslaved Africans that survived found themselves prisoners in a strange land. Generally, enslaved people were captured by warring African tribes or ethnic groups and traded to European and American slave traders in exchange for guns and other goods. The transatlantic slave trade encouraged tribes to go to war with each other to obtain slaves to trade for European guns and other goods. It created a legacy of violence and bitterness. Questions: What factors caused the transatlantic slave trade? ________________________________________________________________________ What was the Middle Passage and why did many Africans die during the Middle Passage? ________________________________________________________________________ How were Africans captured and how did this process affect Africa? ________________________________________________________________________ As Europeans settled more colonies, the slave trade grew. Slaves worked the Spanish sugar plantations in the Caribbean Islands of Cuba and Haiti. They also worked the Portuguese sugar plantations in Brazil. The English forced slaves to work in the southern colonies of North America. What lands were African slaves brought to? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ List three reasons for the deaths of many Native American Indians after the conquest and subsequent colonization of the Americas: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Who did Europeans use to replace a dying Native American Indian population? ___________________________ Why was this slave trade called the “Transatlantic Slave Trade”? ____________________________________________________ When did the Transatlantic Slave Trade occur? ____________________________ What was the “Middle Passage”? _____________________________________________________ Provide three facts about the “Middle Passage”: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ 
Word Bank: Smallpox, Sugar, Native Americans, Died, Triangular, Middle Passage, Cultural Diffusion, Warfare, West, Millions Which statement best describes a result of the scarcity of native Indian labor in Latin America during the colonial period? unskilled laborers were imported from Asia many people from Spain and Portugal immigrated to the region Native American Indians from the British colonies went south to work large numbers of African slaves were imported Directory: cms -> lib -> NY01000029 -> Centricity -> Domain -> 353 353 -> The Vietnam War and Changing U. S. Policies Review us history/E. Napp Name: Activity 1: Matching 353 -> Striving for Equality – Obstacles and Successes us history/Napp Name 353 -> A time to Review The Fifties and Sixties us history/Napp Name 353 -> Two Hundred and Fifty Facts to Pass the U. S. History and Government Regents us history/Napp Name 353 -> August 22, 1968 New York City no more miss america! For immediate release on September 7th 353 -> Objective: To identify and explain significant effects of the European Encounter with the Americas 353 -> Atlantic Slave Trade World History/Napp 353 -> Thematic essay question 353 -> The British stated that the dividing line between the colonists and the Native American Indians was the Appalachian Mountains Download 96.8 Kb. Share with your friends:
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