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    carried wealth‚ people‚ goods‚ and cultures around the Atlantic Basin was created. This system is known as the Atlantic system; an effective way of trade between the Americas and Eurasia‚ but also the cause of countless deaths of African slaves. During the time of the Atlantic System‚ sugar was one of the most crucial trade items‚ as well as tobacco‚ gold‚ and silver. As the Caribbean colonies were becoming mass producers of sugar in the Atlantic World‚ a new era of African slave trade began to grow

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    “Ahhhhh‚” Joshua yawned. He was starving‚ as he had just woken up from a long night’s sleep. “Joshua! You atlantic cod better come and join the family for breakfast! We are going to hunt for herring today‚” Joshua’s Mom‚ Caft called. Joshua was wide awake‚ herring was his favorite food. “Coming‚” he said as he swam to his parents. Joshua and his family then went hunting in the Bay of Biscay. They had a hearty breakfast of herring‚ crabs‚ and lobsters. After eating Joshua’s family wanted to swim

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    Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic Both of them are recent creations in airline transport business‚ they started life in competition with major national flag carrier airlines and grew to be major challengers to these established companies. Virgin Atlantic’s air transport business originated in the long-haul‚ mainly transatlantic market which might be highly profitable but is also extremely competitive. It attracts passengers by offering a superior experience and is firmly positioned at the quality

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    The origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade were products of Western Europe’s expansion of power that began at the beginning of the 1500’s through the 1900‘s. The main contributing European countries to the Atlantic Slave Trade were Portugal‚ Spain‚ the Netherlands‚ France‚ and England. Portugal lead the movement during the 1400’s and arrived in Western Africa in hopes to find Christian allies to spread Christianity against the Muslims of Northern Africa. But they soon became more interested in trade

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    Write story about a slave point of view going from west africa acros the atlantic to the america and include facts. Atlantic slave trade Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction inCharleston‚ South Carolina‚ in 1769. Slavery The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across theAtlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those enslaved that were transported to the New World‚ many on the triangular trade route and its Middle

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    I.B: Comparison Question: Compare and contrast the time period prior to the development of the Atlantic slave trade and the time period right after its introduction and assess the impact of its emergence. To what extent did African slavery change American society? You may want to consider social‚ economic‚ and geographical. Prior to the Atlantic slave trade‚ the arable land along the South Atlantic seaboard were owned by wealth landowners and farmed primarily by either Native American slaves or

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    CHAPTER 18 The Atlantic System and Africa‚ 1550–1800 I0.Plantations in the West Indies A0.Colonization Before 1650 * 10. Spanish settlers introduced sugar-cane cultivation into the West Indies shortly after 1500 but did not do much else toward the further development of the islands. After 1600 the French and English developed colonies based on tobacco cultivation. * 20. Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Tobacco production in the West Indies was stimulated

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    Based on chapters nine‚ ten and the videos we have seen‚ I will be writing an essay about the rise and decline of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The Atlantic Slave Trade has an extensive time line lasting from 1502 until around 1830. The first event to happen in the slave trade was in 1502 when the first reported African slaves came into the New World. In 1640-1680‚ the introduction of African slave labor in the British Caribbean for sugar production became much more realistic on a very large-scale. In

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    Read p.435-440 notes/MI The Atlantic slave trade MI: Trade was the basis of Portuguese relations with Africans‚ the Portuguese provided African rulers with slaves in return they received ivory‚ pepper‚ animal skin and gold. · Portuguese ships pushed down the west of Africa coast and reached the cape of good hope · They established factories‚ forts and trading posts with resident merchants‚ along the cost · El mina(1482) was the most important‚ it was a gold producing region · Africans

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    and the Atlantic World PROLOGUE * Thomas Peters escaped to Nova Scotia and promoted estab. of a colony for former slaves. * He connected the lands of the Atlantic Ocean Basin and was the leader of the black community. * Sub Saharan states had kinship groups like their Bantu-speaking predecessors. African Politics and Society in Early Modern Times * Regional kingdoms replaced imperial states of w. Africa b/c people organized their societies to take advantage of Atlantic and trans-Saharan

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