that could outmaneuver other ships and they had on board cannons that other ships didn’t have. How did the Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ and British initiatives in Asia differ from one another? The Dutch soon rivaled the Portuguese in the Asian trade network. Their merchants succeeded in displacing the Portuguese from Indonesia. In the cases of the Dutch and English explorations and colonization‚ private companies played a major role To what extent did the British and Dutch trading companies
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a variety of different societies and their progression before and after the development of the atlantic world. For some this transition was drastic and others the change was minute. After the Atlantic world came together there was a noticeable shift change in the number of enslaved African individuals; as well as a transformation in the way in which they were treated. Before the Atlantic world slaves typically worked as servants performing domestic activities or as family farms hands. Additionally
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Americas in the Atlantic Ocean between 1492 and 1750. When Spain sent Columbus to get spices from India‚ he landed in the Americas and mistakenly called the people there Indians. New Worlds were being discovered between those three masses and the population was escalating due to the slave trade and booming economy‚ and the industrial production advanced from man-made to machine-made. Western Europe is the sum of an abundance of positive outcomes from their interaction with the Atlantic world. Although
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gold” Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora Kingdoms of Dahomey and Benin Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Questions 1. a. What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce? b. In what ways did Europeans to an extent transform earlier patterns of commerce? And‚ in what ways did they assimilate into those old patterns? 2. How did the Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ and British initiatives in Asia differ from one another? 3. What was the world historical importance of the silver trade? 4
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North America and the Atlantic slave trade began in the 1500s‚ and was marked by unusual cruelty and a distinct racial component. The Atlantic Slave Trade benefited the British economy as African slaves provided cheap‚ strong labor. Slavery occurred before the 1500s in African countries. African countries saw the slave trade in terms of business and not race. The African sellers sold slaves to the British‚ who transported them to the North American colonies (“Black Atlantic‚” Blackboard). In the
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Territory: Teacher’s name: Title: To what extent has the Transatlantic Slave Trade Impacted on West Africa and what are the experiences of its victims? TABLE OF CONTENT Acknowledgement Introduction Research Questions Rationale What factors led to the Transatlantic Trade? How was the trade organized? How were the slaves treated aboard the ship? To what extent was West Africa affected by the Slave Trade? Analysis and Interpretation Conclusion Appendix Bibliography
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one could take to communicate with other places. As soon as new connections were made‚ trade and communications difficulty decreased. For example‚ the Indian Ocean trade routes gave Europe the ability to reach “hard-to-get” areas and even connected them with the new world which in turn increased trade happening between the two regions. Over all‚ after 1500 CE‚ there were more routes and ways to be able to trade and communicate effectively. This also ended up connecting Europe and Asia which did all
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The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano telling his experience during the slave trade compared to The Amistad shares many similarities as well as differences. As a whole‚ both of these historical stories emotionally and mentally tells the struggle of slavery including how they were treated as well as how big slavery was. In both stories it described how slavery affected African Americans so badly that death might have been better than being treated as nothing by being chained and thrown together‚ taken
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abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Freund utilizes “Legitimate Commerce” to frame both European and African developments relating to economic and social changes as well as the development of new states in Africa. These changes are outlined in this chapter as they relate to the strengthening interrelationships between European and African markets. “Legitimate Commerce” is described as a concept intended to benefit all European parties supporting the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade (Freund 53)
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African Americans African Americans (American Blacks or Black Americans)‚ racial group in the United States whose dominant ancestry is from sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European‚ Native American‚ or Asian ancestors. A variety of names have been used for African Americans at various points in history. African Americans have been referred to as Negroes‚ colored‚ blacks‚ and Afro-Americans‚ as well as lesser-known terms‚ such as the 19th-century designation Anglo-African
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