Slavery & the Middle Passage
Enslaved Africans were transported across this ocean to the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Many colonists came to America hoping to own this.
What is land?
People accused of witchcraft were believed to have made a deal with this evil figure.
Who is the Devil / Satan?
Martin Luther's famous list of complaints against the Catholic Church was called this.
What are the 95 Theses?
Large farms that grew cash crops using extensive labor were called these.
What are plantations?
The forced voyage that carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic was called this.
What is the Middle Passage?
People who came to America and established settlements were called these.
What are colonists?
The famous 1692 witch trials took place in this Massachusetts town.
What is Salem?
This German monk began the Protestant Reformation by challenging the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This crop became extremely important to the economy of Virginia and the Chesapeake.
What is tobacco?
Enslaved people were often packed tightly aboard these vessels during the Middle Passage.
What are slave ships?
People who agreed to work for several years in exchange for passage to America were called these
What are indentured servants?
Most of the people accused of witchcraft at Salem were what?
What are middle aged women?
This English king broke with the Catholic Church after the pope refused to grant him an annulment.
Who is Henry VIII?
This was a primary reason Europeans had to purchase slaves from African ports rather than capturing them on their own or using Native Americans.
What is Malaria?
This is the place slaves were allowed to go to the bathroom on ships.
What is on themselves/where they were chained to?
Besides land and wealth, some colonists came to America seeking this type of freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This enslaved woman was one of the first people accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials.
Who is Tituba?
Henry VIII created this church with the English monarch at its head.
What is the Church of England / Anglican Church?
This region, including Virginia and Maryland, became especially dependent on tobacco production.
What is the Chesapeake?
This term describes the larger system of trade connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is triangular trade?
This southern colony was originally divided into northern and southern sections and later became two separate colonies.
What is Carolina?
This was the method used to execute most people convicted of witchcraft at Salem.
What is hanging?
This Protestant reformer taught the idea of predestination and strongly influenced the Puritans.
Who is John Calvin?
This cash crop created enormous demand for enslaved labor in the British Caribbean and became one of the most profitable products of the Atlantic slave trade.
What is Sugar?