new rivals on the world stage
DESCRIPTION
NEW RIVALS ON THE WORLD STAGE. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL = 16 TH CENTURY DUTCH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, ENGLAND = 17 TH CENTURY. AFRICA: THE SLAVE TRADE. PORTUGUESE HAD CONTROL OVER SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA AND SPICE TRADE IN INDIAN OCEAN - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL = 16TH CENTURY
DUTCH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, ENGLAND = 17TH CENTURY
PORTUGUESE HAD CONTROL OVER SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA AND SPICE TRADE IN INDIAN OCEAN
MID-17TH CENTURY - DUTCH SEIZE CONTROL OF PORTUG. FORTS ON W. COAST OF AFRICA AND TAKE CONTROL OF TRADE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY
CAPE TOWN
1. AFFECTED COAST NOT INTERIOR
2. 16-18TH CENTURY TENS OF MILLIONS ENSLAVED
3. PRIOR TO 16TH CENT SLAVERY WAS LIMITED
4. SUGARCANE AND SUGAR PLANTATIONS SET UP IN THE 17TH CENT IN CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA
5. NATIVES HAD BEEN KILLED/DIED OFF -> NEED FOR NEW LABOR = AFRICA
ENSLAVED AFRICANS1. 16TH CENT = 275,0002. 17TH CENT = OVER 1 MILLION3. 18TH CENT = 6 MILLION4. 19TH CENT = SLAVE TRADE IS ENDING =
2 MILLION5. EST THAT 10 MILLION AFRICANS WERE
FORCIBLE EXPORTED TO THE AMERICAS
HIGH MORTALITY RATES - 10%
300-450 SLAVES PER SHIP
100 DAY JOURNEY
UNSANITARY, CROWDED, INHUMAN
CONDITIONS
HIGH DEATH RATE DUE TO DISEASE IN THE
NEW WORLD
1. RAVAGED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES2. CHEAP GOODS FROM EUROPE
DESTROYED LOCAL COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN AFRICA
3. DEPOPULATION - YOUNGEST AND STRONGEST TAKEN
4. POLITICAL EFFECTS - INCREASED TRIBAL WARFARE AND VIOLENCE
1. DIDN’T EXIST IN EUROPE
2. RACISM
3. FIRST OPPOSITION = THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS = THE QUAKERS - 1770’S
4. ABOLISHED IN French rev. 1790’s
5. BRITAIN ABOLISHES SLAVERY IN 1807
6. USA NOT UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR IN THE 1860’S
PORTUGAL ATTEMPTED TO DOMINATE TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
PORTUGAL LACKED ENOUGH WEALTH AND POP TO COLONIZE ASIA
SPANISH ESTABLISH CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINES
PORTUGUESE TRADE EMPIRE IS SQUEEZED OUT BY THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH
BY THE END OF 18TH CENT DUTCH TAKE COLONIAL CONTROL OF INDONESIA
MAINLAND STATES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ABLE TO RESIST EUROPEAN CONTROL -> BURMA, THAILAND, VIETNAM
The right to sell slaves in Spanish colonies
English gained control of the asiento English made huge profits in the slave
trade