Slaves
Whether or not to trade people for guns would have been considered a _______.
dilemma
What is an Indentured Servant?
An African American working as a slave in exchange for a trip to the New World.
Is this a good way to study for your test?
yes/no
The main law making body of England during the colonial times.
Parliament
Which slaves had the hardest life?
field slaves
What is an Enslaved African?
An African taken from Africa and forced to work in the Americas
Describe the middle passage.
The conditions were horrible. Hot, hard to breathe, rats, lice, and disease.
a west African storyteller who recites the history of a tribe or family
griot
What happened to enslaved Africans when they first arrived in the American colonies?
They were sold and slave auctions or scrambles.
Where were most slaves in the West Indies & British North America put to work?
Sugar & Tobacco Plantations
What was the name given to the slave trade that was held in the Atlantic Ocean Between West Africa, the Americas, and Europe?
Triangular Trade
A good that a country or region buys from another country or region
import
What did the overseer do?
supervise the slaves' work
List some was the slaves tried to rebel against the slave owners and overseers to avoid doing work.
Broke tools, pretend they did not understand what they were being told, ran away, burned down buildings.
What was the point of the Navigation Acts?
To control colonial trade
A good that a country or region sells to another country or region
Export
Why were West African leaders willing to trade their own people in the slave trade?
They wanted the guns that the Europeans were offering to them in exchange.
_________were the main source of workers in the Southern Colonies.
Enslaved Africans
The colonies _____ mainly raw materials to Britain an Britain____ mainly manufactured good to the colonies.
exported,exported
When individuals,regions,and countries produce certain kinds of good and services
specialization