1. European Exploration and Colonization
Standard 7-1.5

2. 1. Colonies
After European nations explored and found the new world these countries quickly wanted to conquer it for themselves.
England, France and Spain created colonies in this new land that showed off their new power and wealth.

3. 2. Types of Colonies
Plantation Colonies – Owned mostly by Spanish and Portuguese, grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, sugar
Trading Posts – Owned mostly by French (Canada) and Dutch (South America) traded mostly in furs.
Settler Colonies – Owned mostly by English, the purpose was to expand the empire or religious freedom.

4. 2. Types of Colonies Cont…..
D. Asia- isolated until trade with Europe began
modern and militarily strong civilizations
“equals” with European nations
trading relationship
European nations could build trading posts in port cities and along coastal regions
Created a merchant class in Asia

5. 3. Labor
In plantation colonies, the Spanish and Portuguese enslaved the Native Americans, and later used African Slaves. In British Plantation colonies indentured servants were also used.
In the Trading colonies, the French and Dutch kept a positive relationship with the local populations
In the settler colonies, the British pushed the Natives off of their land and also used Africans as slaves.

6. 4. Labor Shortage
Native Americans were slaves until they died from European diseases or escaped.
The solution became the Atlantic Slave Trade which was the biggest forced migration in history.

7. Slavery within Africa
Europeans did not invent slavery they followed a long history going back to ancient times.
In Africa, 25 African kingdoms took part in a slave trade.

8. European Slave Trade
When Europeans joined the slave trade they rarely kidnapped people on their own.
Europeans relieve on trade with caboceers, African slave traders.
In 1441 a Portuguese ship
unloaded its first human cargo.
The rest of Europe followed
Portugal’s example.

9. 5. The Triangular Trade
A. Ships sailed several routes, east of which formed the three legs of a geographic triangle.
B. First leg, Europeans
ships carried C. Second leg, the goods
goods to Africa were traded for slaves and shipped to America
D. Third leg, Europeans used the profits from the slave trade to buy goods to sell in Europe.

10. Effects of Slavery
The exact number is not known but more than 11 million Africans lived to set foot in the Americas.
The forced migration of Africans increased the number of people living in the colonies.
The majority of Slaves came from West Africa, this decimated their culture, but also freed up land for warring tribes to expand.

11. 6. Resistance and Consequences
Slavery left Africa in conflict as tribes would wage war just to gain more slaves.
Some Africans ran away, others led revolts aboard slave ships.
An abolition movement was taking shape to end slavery worldwide.
Britain and France were the first countries to outlaw slavery.