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Atlantic Slave Trade. Mr. Green. What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?. Buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas Slavery that developed in the Americas was based largely on race Europeans viewed Africans as inferior. African Cooperation and Resistance. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Atlantic Slave Trade
Mr. Green
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What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas
Slavery that developed in the Americas was based largely on race
Europeans viewed Africans as inferior
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African Cooperation and Resistance
Many African rulers ‘gave into’ the Europeans by ‘selling out’ their own people
Many were outspoken about this issue but their voices remain unheard
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A Forced Journey
Triangular Trade- Europeans transported manufactured goods to the West Coast of Africa for captured Africans, then the Africans went across the Atlantic to the Americas for work, this created goods and services that were sent back to Europe
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Middle Passage
Voyage between Africa and the Americas that transported Africans
Conditions on the ships consisted of the following: diseases, whippings, suicide, insomnia…20% on each ship would die.
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Global Trade
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Columbian Exchange
Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
Goods from Americas: Tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, cacao beans(chocolate), and turkeys
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Columbian Exchange ChartOn page 138, make a two column chart (one labeled ‘Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia; one labeled ‘Europe, Africa, and Asia to Americas’)
Under each heading, list ALL the goods listed in the illustration.
Time Limit: 5 minutes
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Rise of Capitalism
One aspect of the European economic revolution was the growth of capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit
This creates individual ownership of businesses rather than government ownership
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Joint-Stock Company
Worked like a modern-day corporation in that investors would buy shares of stock in a company
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Mercantilism
On page 140, write the definition of Mercantilism and copy the ‘Numbered Illustration’ at the top of the page. Basically, make a simple list (1-6) and copy what is listed in picture.
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Mercantilism Continued
As a result, the goal of every nation became the attainment of as much wealth as possible
Favorable Balance of Trade- Selling more goods than you bought
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Economic Revolution Changes European Society
Spurred the growth of towns and a rise in the merchant class who had great wealth
Mercantilism contributed to the creation of a national identity