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enslaved people were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. This harrowing part of the journey was called what?
The Middle Passage
A biological and cultural exchange among the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia following Columbus’ voyage in 1492.
Columbian Exchange
A (blank) is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Colony
Name one European Country that colonized part of North America
England, Spain, France, the Dutch
This city was originally called "New Amsterdam"
New York
This person was granted land that became Pennsylvania.
William Penn
Members of this movement are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience the light within or "answering that of God in every one"
Quaker
The right to believe in any God or gods you want. The Quakers of Pennsylvania allowed this.
Religious Freedom
A form of permanent bondage in which people are classified as property and have no human rights.
Chattel Slavery
a crop grown for commercial purposes
Cash crop
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
The 13 British Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Middle Colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
New England Colonies
Cash crops are sold from the colonies to Europe. In Europe, the crops are turned into manufactured goods. These manufactured goods were sent to Africa to buy enslaved people. These enslaved people were sent to the 'New World' to work.
Triangle Trade
Name three cash crops
What were the conditions like on a slave ship?
Terrible, cramped, little food or light
From 1502 to the 1860's, an estimated ___________ to _____________ million people were enslaved and shipped to the Americas.
7 to 10 million
How did the Triangle Trade differ from the Columbian Exchange?
The Triangle trade involved the sending of slaves to the Americas to produce items, where as the Columbian exchange was the transfer of products across the ocean.
What is an item that was sent to the Americas from Europe and Africa during the time of the Columbian exchange?
Honey bees, bananas, pears, peaches, coffee, sugarcane, citrus fruits, disease