Atlantic Slave Trade

Mr. Green

What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

Buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

Slavery that developed in the Americas was based largely on race

Europeans viewed Africans as inferior

African Cooperation and Resistance

Many African rulers ‘gave into’ the Europeans by ‘selling out’ their own people

Many were outspoken about this issue but their voices remain unheard

A Forced Journey

Triangular Trade- Europeans transported manufactured goods to the West Coast of Africa for captured Africans, then the Africans went across the Atlantic to the Americas for work, this created goods and services that were sent back to Europe

Middle Passage

Voyage between Africa and the Americas that transported Africans

Conditions on the ships consisted of the following: diseases, whippings, suicide, insomnia…20% on each ship would die.

Global Trade

Columbian Exchange

Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas

Goods from Americas: Tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, cacao beans(chocolate), and turkeys

Columbian Exchange ChartOn page 138, make a two column chart (one labeled ‘Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia; one labeled ‘Europe, Africa, and Asia to Americas’)

Under each heading, list ALL the goods listed in the illustration.

Time Limit: 5 minutes

Rise of Capitalism

One aspect of the European economic revolution was the growth of capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit

This creates individual ownership of businesses rather than government ownership

Joint-Stock Company

Worked like a modern-day corporation in that investors would buy shares of stock in a company

Mercantilism

On page 140, write the definition of Mercantilism and copy the ‘Numbered Illustration’ at the top of the page. Basically, make a simple list (1-6) and copy what is listed in picture.

Mercantilism Continued

As a result, the goal of every nation became the attainment of as much wealth as possible

Favorable Balance of Trade- Selling more goods than you bought

Economic Revolution Changes European Society

Spurred the growth of towns and a rise in the merchant class who had great wealth

Mercantilism contributed to the creation of a national identity