1. Warm up Francisco Pizzaro Vasco da Gama Montezuma Mercantilism
Spanish; Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
1st to sail around Africa to India
Sailed for Spain; Discovered the Caribbean Islands
Aztec emperor, killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico by Cortez 
Name for economic system of the colonies and their parent countries
First to circumnavigate the world
Exchange of foods and plants between Europe and the New World
Conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizzaro
Vasco da Gama
Montezuma
Mercantilism
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Ferdinand Magellan
Columbian Exchange

2. The Atlantic Slave Trade

3. Use Textbook (pages )
Research the following about The Slave Trade
a. Growth of the Slave Trade (Why did it happen?)
b. Sources of Slaves
c. Effects of the Slave Trade

4. Origins of the Slave Trade (Why?)
High demand for labor
Plantations- estates where cash crops such as sugar or tobacco were grown on large scale.
Shortage of Labor
Planter had first used Native Americans as workers, but European diseases had killed millions of them.
Indentured servants-too expensive
Diseases kill of local Native American tribes
9,395,000

5. Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade- trading network from the 1600’s-1800’s that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

6. Middle Passage
Middle Passage- the voyages that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies.

7. Middle Passage Ship

8. Middle Passage Journey: Lasts 3-6 weeks
10-20% of Africans died on voyage
At dock, families were broken at auctions.
Males between the ages of 18 – 25 were the most expensive
Women were prized because they could reproduce and add to their master’s wealth.

9. Slavery in the Colonies
Worked in:
Plantations
Mines
Towns
Countryside
Women performed domestic duties as cooks or servants.

10. Fear of Rebellion Many slave owners didn’t teach their slaves to read
Church services usually only read from the New Testament about the suffering of Christ, and avoided the Old Testament about Moses and the Exodus.
Why?
Harsh punishments for even the most minor offenses.
Moses delivered out of slavery

11. Slave Resistance Coped with inhuman treatment by:
Keeping cultural traditions alive
Turned to religion
Destroyed farm equipment
(Passive Resistance)
Attacked slaveholders families
Ran Away