Slave Trade
Large estates owned by slave owners that relied on slave labor.
What are plantations?
English Protestants who traveled to the Americas to escape the Church of England.
Who were the pilgrims?
King who sent officials to colonies in North America to ensure power and revenue.
Who was King Louis XIV?
The "floating coffins" of slave trade
The boats transporting slaves to the Americas
The route in which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.
What was the Middle Passage?
Founded in 1607, many of its first settlers died within the first few years of its establishment.
What was Jamestown?
Country that ceded its territories after it lost the conflict.
What is France?
Explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River in North America
Jacques Cartier
Tribe that exchanged gold and silver for firearms, gained immense power within Africa
Asante Kingdom
A system of trade that connected Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
What was triangular trade?
Money a country could make in overseas colonies.
What were revenues?
A conflict that erupted in 1754.
What was the French and Indian War?
Tribe that relied on slave tried to build power
Oyo Empire
An industry that is controlled by one group instead of many groups.
What is a monopoly?
Founded in 1620 for religious freedom rather than commercial benefit.
What was Plymouth?
1763 agreement that ended the conflict.
What was the Treaty of Paris
Eleven year-old boy captured in Africa and sold into slavery, later wrote an autobiography on his experiences.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
Venetian explorer who claimed Newfoundland as an English colony in 1497.
Who was John Cabot?
The primary countries that possessed colonies in North America
Netherlands, Spain, England, France
Founder of the colony in present-day Quebec, influential in beginning fur trade
Samuel de Champlain