The colonial merchants were an important part of the atlantic trading system as they provided finished goods by slave labor to England and other countries. Foner writes‚ “The first mass consumer goods in international trade were produced by slaves… The rising demand for these products fueled the rapid growth of the Atlantic slave trade… A series of triangular trading routes crisscrossed the Atlantic‚ carrying British manufactured goods to Africa and the colonies‚ colonial products
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attacking small and weak states‚ no naval force in Asia was able to match the Portuguese guns or maneuverability * The Portuguese wanted control over commerce in the Indian Ocean and did so with force * Only able to control half the spice trade‚ could not sell their goods because they were not desired by Asian markets -> resorted to selling service of shipping goods African diaspora – The transatlantic spread of African people * Introduced elements of African culture such as religious
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In the beginning time of the North American colonies‚ the slave trade became extremely popular and vital to the culture and economy of America. People from Africa were enslaved and sent on ships across the Atlantic to North America; this voyage was called the Middle Passage. “The North American colonies remained peripheral markets for the European slaving industries in the Atlantic‚ which‚ in the years before about 1800‚ delivered 90 percent or more of their captives to the West Indies‚ Brazil‚ and
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not be involved with their trade and other activities. 4) Looking back: compared to the world of the fifteenth century‚ what new patterns of development are visible in the empire-building centuries that followed? Big Picture Questions Ch14 1) To what extent did Europeans transform earlier patterns of commerce‚ and in what ways did they assimilate into those older patterns? Europeans for the first operated on a global scale‚ forging new trade networks across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans They also
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reception around the world. As part of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BCE‚ slaves were a large part of civilized society as entertainers in the gladiator arena. These slaves would have been forced to compete‚ but with their victories and their deaths they would gain respect and some even their freedom. In Africa before the 16th century‚ slavery and systems of servitude existed throughout the continent. African slaves during this time were often captives of war or indentured servants; however they
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religion‚ and music that they introduced to the US. The Slave trade in the Atlantic World had many factors that were put in and were even taken out; the way that slaves were taken‚ what they contributed to our lives‚ this single event changed so much history that would have never happened if this did not occur. Slaves were brought to the US to satisfy people’s wishes for free labor. Being the best type of labor the system of Triangular Trade did make sense‚ even
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of Africa. The slave trade continued to grow. Multiple types of slavery existed throughout Africa during the slave trade. Before the nineteenth century‚ European slavers could not survive in the Africans’ rivalries. Using firearms controlled capturing slaves. Before Europeans arrived‚ Africa had a system of slave commerce. Muslim and Hindu merchants shipped slaves to ports around the Indian Ocean. Over twelve million African’s survived forcible enslavement and shipment to Atlantic ports. The ports
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The Europeans‚ during the Age of Exploration‚ had an influence on both the New World across the Atlantic Ocean‚ and the much closer continent of Africa. In both Africa and the New World‚ Europeans had similar influences in that they negatively affected the natives in their search for riches such as spices and precious metals‚ and wherever they traveled they would spread Christianity to the natives. One example of this is when Cortes arrived in the Aztec empire he demanded they convert to Christianity
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also places where slaves were kept. However‚ the institution of slavery in the English colonies differs from slavery in the caribbean because of their origins‚ the plantations they worked on‚ and how and why they were treated they way they were. "Approximately 10 million Africans were ripped from their homes‚ in Africa‚ and taken to the "New World" between the 1500-1800s" ("Slavery in the Colonies"). "In the 1600s‚ England’s Atlantic Seaboard Colonies began to purchase slaves. This started in 1619
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ships of the Middle Passage during the 17th century. The Middle passage is an historical term indicating trade with three ports or region in which millions of West African captives were captured and sold into slavery against their will; this was the journey from West Africa to the Americas. Dehumanizing is to deprive someone of their human qualities‚ personality or spirit. There was a need for slaves in the Caribbean to work due to the advantage of the sugar revolution. The Spanish had enslaved the indigenous
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