Colonies
How many original colonies were there?
13 colonies
Describe the Slave Trade
The exchange of captured people for goods
Define Slavery
submission to a dominating influence
One of the best animal resources in the Ohio River Valley was what?
Who won the French and Indian War?
The British
Name different groups of people that lived in the colonies during the 1600's
Native Americans, European Colonist, Slaves
What groups of people did the slave trade replace?
Native Americans
During the 1700s,____% of all the households in New York owned slaves.
40%
The French and the British fought for control of what area?
The Ohio River Valley
How did the French treat Native Americans?
Who controlled the 13 colonies?
Britain
Where did colonist travel to obtain slaves during the transatlantic slave trade ?
West Africa
How did slavery play a role in the lives of other individuals that did not own slaves in the 1700's?
Even though some households did not own slaves they were involved in the slave economy. Almost anything that people bought in New York – cheese, tobacco, cloth, rum, sugar, butter – was grown or made by enslaved labor, and often it was brought to the city on ships owned by slave traders.
Who controlled the land to the West of the 13 colonies?
French
What transportation was used to move the slaves to different countries during the trade.
Ships/Boats
The thirteen colonies were divided in three parts what are the name of the three regions.
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
Describe the conditions of the slave ship that transported slaves from West Africa:
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Very crowded that each had scarcely room, unsanitary,variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves,
How was slavery in New York different from Slavery in Southern colonies
Answers may vary.
Slavery was different because the land and economy was different. The north was not completely dependent on farming because farming land was poor and rocky.
What is the French and Indian War?
Known as the Seven Years War and was mainly caused by a superpower competition between Britain and France.
The Atlantic Slave Trade was also known by this shapely name
The Triangle Trade
What is a colony? ( give definition)
a place that is settled by a group of people outside of their home country and belongs to and is ruled by that home country.
Define the Middle Passage
the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Dorothy Creole was one of the first black women in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan.
What were the diverse groups of people that were involved in the French and Indian Wars
French, British, Native Americans, Slaves
What happened to slaves who died or were weak and ill on the Middle Passage?
They were thrown overboard