Colonial American and the Slave Trade

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Colonial American and the Slave Trade

Do Now Think about the worst experience you have ever had. How did you feel during that experience? Please use full sentences

Machines, Hardware, Furniture Colonial Trade Facts Mercantilism: an economic system where England controlled what goods were traded to and from the colonies. Timber, Fur, Tobacco Machines, Hardware, Furniture

Mercantilism Limits…….. Free Enterprise: Economic competition with little government control Colonists could not buy or sell goods directly to other foreign countries. Leads to unfavorable balance of trade for colonies.

Triangular Trade Named for trade between colonies, England and Africa Colonies: Export raw materials and rum. Imports slaves and manufactured goods. England: Exports manufactured goods, guns and iron. Imports raw materials and gold. Africa: Exports slaves, gold, and ivory. Imports guns and iron.

The Middle Passage Named for the middle part of the Triangular trade which brought slaves to the colonies Slave trade brought around 10 million Africans across the Atlantic Ocean. Common threats: Starvation Dehydration Diseases

REFLECTION What feelings did you experience during the activity?

REFLECTION Describe the process of enslavement? What did it feel like?

REFLECTION How do you think the White Europeans felt about Africans?

REFLECTION How do you think the Africans felt about the White Europeans?

REFLECTION In what ways do you think this exercise accurately reflected an actual slave passage?

REFLECTION In what ways do you think this exercise did not accurately reflect it?

REFLECTION How do you think slavery affects people’s views on morality (what is right and wrong)?

REFLECTION Why do you think this is important when we start to talk about the American Revolution and the founding of the United States?