Describe the Encomienda System. Be sure to include the choices settlers gave the natives and what the natives were offered as compensation.
Warm Up
CHAPTER 2SECTION 5:
Beginnings of Slavery in the
Americas
Slavery in America (6 minutes)
European diseases wiped out much of the Native American
population, causing colonists to look for a new labor force.
Europeans were ______________, or had a natural resistance, to
diseases common in Europe like measles, smallpox, and
typhus.
_____________________had no resistance to these diseases,
and millions died in the years after the Europeans
arrived.
_______________________, or large, single-crop farms, were the main source of
income for people living in the colonies.
With a shortage of Native American workers, Spanish and Portuguese plantation owners had to find other sources of
_________________.
In 1510 Spanish government _____________________________in
the colonies.Most slaves came from the
interior of ________.
One out of every six slaves died along the __________________, the
voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Americas,
because of horrible living conditions.
Slave trade led
to the ________________________
___, as enslaved Africans
were sent all across the world.
Colonial leaders worked to regulate slave treatment and
behavior, but treatment of enslaved Africans ________.
Slaves were given very few __________________.
Africans were considered __________, not people.
_______________ were often tortured or killed.
Treatment of slaves varied. Some slaves reported that their masters treated them _________, however ______________ was very common.
Family• Vital part of slave
culture• Provided a
_____________, a place not fully under the slaveholders’ control
• Faced many challenges, including ___________________
Family• There were more ______ slaves than _________ slaves, which made it difficult to form stable families.
Religion • Christianity blended with
traditional ________ elements• Gave sense of _____________________• Spirituals were a common form of
religious expression.• Used songs and
________________ to tell their stories of hope, sorrow, agony, and joy.
Art and DanceForm of
expressionDances were
important _______________i
n slave communities.
Heavily influenced by
______________.
In your notebook, create and complete the following chart with as many causes and effects of the African Slave Trade as you can think of:
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Causes of the slave trade
Lasting effects of the slave trade
Causes and effects of the African Slave Trade:
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Causes of the slave trade
Lasting effects of the slave trade
• The climate of the southern colonies was suited for certain crops, (like cotton, tobacco and sugarcane) which required large amounts of labor.
• Racism• Other sources of labor such
as indentured servants, were not able to fill the needs.
• Native Americans were dying of European diseases.
• African Diaspora• Racism• Middle Passage deaths• Horrible treatment of
enslaved Africans• 12 million+ deaths of
Africans over hundreds of years
• Africans blended Christianity and traditional African elements
• African American culture developed
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