Bell Ringer:

enterprise

immunity

Atlantic slave trade

After I got sick and had the flu, I developed an _________ so I did not have to worry about getting that same flu again.

Please write down the sentence and identify the vocabulary word.

The slave trade between Europe and Africa was a large ____________ that made a lot of people wealthy.

The ______________________ was the buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas.

A review…

So far we have covered…

Section 1: Spain Builds an American Empire• Columbus searches for a trade route in the West Indies

• Columbus thinks he’s found the West Indies, names the locals “los indios” but is really on an island in the Caribbean

• Cortes (Spanish) conquers the Aztec in Central America

• Pizzaro (Spanish) conquers the Inca in South America

Section 2: European Nations Settle North America

• The French and Dutch settlers primarily (mostly) want gold and to trade. The Natives do not view them as a threat. They mostly have a friendly relationship.

• The English settle in North America to start a new life and have religious freedom. The English and Natives do not

get along. They are always at war and finally the English defeat the Natives.

• The European’s bring over the “invisible warrior” (disease) and almost 90% of the Natives die.

• The Natives were a source of labor for the Europeans, so they would have to look somewhere else for labor. (Africa: slaves)

Section 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade

Causes of Slavery:

• Slavery existed in Africa for hundreds of years.

• In the 17th century (1600’s) Islam spread to Africa and slavery increased.

• Muslims transported about 17 million Africans to the Muslim lands of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

• Muslim’s believed it was ok to enslave non-believers

In the Americas, the Natives were dying by the millions because of diseases that the Europeans brought. (invisible warrior!)

Europeans saw advantages to using Africans in the Americas:

1. Many Africans had been exposed to European diseases already and had an immunity.

2. Many Africans had experience in farming

3. Less likely to escape; they were in an unknown place.4. Skin color made it easier to catch them if they escaped.

Atlantic slave trade: The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas.

• Between 1500-1600 (the 16th and 17th centuries) nearly 300,000 Africans were sold to the Americas.

• 1870: By time the Atlantic slave trade ended, about 9.5 millions Africans were sold to the Americas.

• The Spanish and Portuguese were the first major groups to bring Africans to the Americas.

• The next group would be the English.

• In total, almost 400,000 African slaves were sold to Britain’s North American colonies.

• By 1830 almost 2 million slaves worked the land in the United States.

What year did the United States become a country?

1776!

African rulers

Europeans

Africans

African rulers connected Europeans with the Africans…

… in exchange for gold, guns, and goods.

Journal Reflection:

Do you think the United States would have developed as quickly without the help of the slaves? Why or why not?