The slave trade began with the Portuguese and the Spanish taking African slaves to their American colonies. By the 18th century around 6 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves. The slave trade went through a process called the ‘triangular slave trade’. This meant that: • Slaves were taken from Africa to the Americas. This was called the ‘Middle Passage’. • Americans then paid for the slaves to the Europeans by giving them rum and sugar. • Finally‚ the Europeans gave the Africans
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John Hawkins made three trips to West Africa in the 1560s and captured Africans to be sold to the Spanish in America. The profits he made in the process were substantial. On returning to England‚ Queen Elizabeth became interested in directly partaking in his next voyage by providing a ship named ‘Jesus’. At times‚ trade in Africa turned out to be profitable‚ while at other times it was the profit in the Americas that stood out. However‚ there were instances when the journeys across the Atlantic would
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Mercantilism Mercantilism is a political and economic system that arose in the 17th and 18th centuries. The definition of this system can be explained as economic nationalism for the purpose of building a wealthy and powerful state. It purports that a country ’s economic strength is directly related to the maintenance of a positive balance of trade. This theory also claims that a country must export more than it imports. Such a positive balance of trade‚ according to mercantilist thought
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mer·can·til·ism (mûrkn-t-lzm‚ -t-) n. 1. The theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism‚ based on national policies of accumulating bullion‚ establishing colonies and a merchant marine‚ and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade. 2. The practice‚ methods‚ or spirit of merchants; commercialism. The Mercantilists For Europe‚ the 17th century was "the most horrible century"‚ engulfed by interminable national‚ religious
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1607 the first British colony was founded in North America and settled in Maryland and Virginia. This colony‚ known as the Chesapeake Bay colony‚ was colonized and settled by the English men of Anglican Church beliefs. Later in 1630 a wave of English men‚ women and children settled in the areas of Main‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island ‚ Connecticut and Vermont who were all believers of Puritanism. This colony was named the New England colony. In spite of both colonies being settled by
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The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century‚ European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe‚ their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the Spanish and New England colonies differentiated significantly because of key elements such as the role of religion‚ control of the European government
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The Columbian Exchange Vs. the Triangular trade What is the Columbian exchange? Many people may have never heard this term before. The Columbian exchange began after Columbus begins to make “settlements” in the “new world” in the year 1492. Now‚ you may think how does finding a new civilization cause and exchange. Well‚ the Columbian exchange was not all about products and culture. In reality‚ it was mostly dealing with the biological effects of the “immigrants” on the natives. When the settlers
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The year 1607 brought England into the "New World" with its first permanent settlement at Jamestown‚ and the following years would bring more American colonies to the British Empire. When sending people into the new land‚ the English planned to use a mercantilist policy and fully use the colonies for their resources. The colonist’s creation of the proverb "Mother countries exist for the benefit of their colonies" is sufficient because England’s original intentions of mercantilism soon disappeared after
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Chesapeake‚ Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided‚ what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies? Four Colonial Subcultures ●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South European Settlements in North America by 1660 Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia & Maryland
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lived similarly. In fact New England and the Southern Colonies lived much differently from each other. Some of these differences are economic‚ political‚ and their Social. To start with the New England and Southern Colonies economic differed greatly. New England had a very rocky climate and short growing season‚ which internally made farming nearly impossible; The Colonist that did farm‚ only had enough food for their families and nothing more. On the other hand‚ New England had very rich forest‚ which
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