atlantic slave trade and the columbian exchange. causes of slave trade existed in africa for...
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Atlantic Slave Trade and the Columbian
Exchange
Causes of Slave Trade Existed in Africa for centuries. Spread of Islam into Africa increased slave
trade. As colonization of the Americas spread,
slave trade grew.
European Advantages in using Africans in America Immunity to European
diseases. Experienced farmers. Less likely to escape.
Not natives Skin color
Atlantic Slave Trade The buying and selling of Africans for work
in the Americas
Atlantic Slave Trade Spain, Portugal, and
England The role of African
Rulers
Triangular Trade Trade route one:
Manufactured goods to W. Africa. Goods traded for captured Africans. Africans were taken across the Atlantic and sold
in the W. Indies. Sugar, coffee, and tobacco brought back to
Europe.
Triangular Trade Trade route two:
Rum and goods from New England colonies to Africa.
Goods traded for Africans. Slaves taken to the West Indies and sold for
sugar and molasses. Sugar and molasses taken back to the rum
producers in New England.
Middle Passage Considered middle leg
of the transatlantic triangle trade.
Horrific treatment: whippings, beatings, diseases, starvation, suicide.
Consequences Africa
Lost fittest members Families torn apart Introduced guns
Americas Economic growth Cultural development
Columbian Exchange Global transfer of
foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas.
Mercantilism Economic policy:
countries increased wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver.
Sell more goods than you buy.
Goal: Become as rich as possible