Describe the Encomienda System. Be sure to include the choices settlers gave the natives and what the natives were offered as compensation.
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CHAPTER 2SECTION 5:
Beginnings of Slavery in the
Americas
Slavery in America (6 minutes)
European colonists used Native Americans as slaves.
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
_________________.
Slaves from __________________ were brought to America and the
African slave trade flourished.
Europeans enslaved millions of Africans and sent them to work in
their colonies.
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.
Slaves in the Americas created a distinct culture.
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:
Closure
Causes of the slave trade
Lasting effects of the slave trade
Causes and effects of the African Slave Trade:
ClosureCauses 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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