Beginnings Of Slavery In The Americas
Ch.2/Sect.5: Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas
Main Ideas/Questions
Main Ideas:
European diseases wiped out much of the Native American population, causing colonists to look for a new labor force.
Europeans enslaved millions of Africans and sent them to work in their colonies.
Slaves in the Americans created a distinct culture.
BIG IDEA: Europeans forced millions of African slaves to work in their colonies.
Directions: Please answer the following questions using the textbook (ONLY THE TEXTBOOK-I suggest starting on page 58). Your answers must be in complete sentences-otherwise the most credit you can receive is half credit.
1.1 What three European diseases were responsible for the decimating the Native American population? A: epidemics and pandemics …show more content…
A:the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
2.3 Why did only one in six enslaved Africans survive the Middle Passage? A:Traders from the Americas and Caribbean received the enslaved Africans.
2.4 Explain the concept of forced migration and how it led to the African Diaspora. (3 sentences) A: The slave trade finally came to an end due to a variety of factors. Including the protests of millions of ordinary people in Europe and the United States. Its abolition was also brought about by millions of Africans who continually resisted enslavement and rebelled against slavery in order to be free.
2.5 Explain how enslaved Africans were treated after they reached the colonies in the Americas. (3 sentences) A:For weeks, months, sometimes as long as a year, they waited in the dungeons of the slave factories scattered along Africa's western coast. They had already made the long, difficult journey from Africa's interior -- but just barely. Out of the roughly 20 million who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery, half didn't complete the journey to the African coast, most of those dying along the way.
3.1 What challenges faced slave
Main Ideas/Questions
Main Ideas:
European diseases wiped out much of the Native American population, causing colonists to look for a new labor force.
Europeans enslaved millions of Africans and sent them to work in their colonies.
Slaves in the Americans created a distinct culture.
BIG IDEA: Europeans forced millions of African slaves to work in their colonies.
Directions: Please answer the following questions using the textbook (ONLY THE TEXTBOOK-I suggest starting on page 58). Your answers must be in complete sentences-otherwise the most credit you can receive is half credit.
1.1 What three European diseases were responsible for the decimating the Native American population? A: epidemics and pandemics …show more content…
A:the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
2.3 Why did only one in six enslaved Africans survive the Middle Passage? A:Traders from the Americas and Caribbean received the enslaved Africans.
2.4 Explain the concept of forced migration and how it led to the African Diaspora. (3 sentences) A: The slave trade finally came to an end due to a variety of factors. Including the protests of millions of ordinary people in Europe and the United States. Its abolition was also brought about by millions of Africans who continually resisted enslavement and rebelled against slavery in order to be free.
2.5 Explain how enslaved Africans were treated after they reached the colonies in the Americas. (3 sentences) A:For weeks, months, sometimes as long as a year, they waited in the dungeons of the slave factories scattered along Africa's western coast. They had already made the long, difficult journey from Africa's interior -- but just barely. Out of the roughly 20 million who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery, half didn't complete the journey to the African coast, most of those dying along the way.
3.1 What challenges faced slave