1. Please get out a sheet of loose-leaf paper and title it the “Effects of Colonialism”.

2. 1492-1750

3. Is all progress good progress?

4.  The Columbian Exchange & Global Trade

5.  large-scale transfer of food, plants & animals The Columbian Exchange

6.  Columbian Exchange New World to Old World Squash Tobacco Turkey Pumpkins Potatoes Peppers Avocadoes Pineapples Tomatoes Corn Vanilla Old World to New World Bananas Grains Livestock Honeybee Sugar Cane Coffee Bean Grapes Onions Citrus Fruits Olives Peaches DISEASE

7.  Squash  Avocado  Peppers  Sweet Potatoes  Turkey  Pumpkin  Tobacco  Quinine  Cocoa  Pineapple  Cassava  POTATO  Peanut  TOMATO  Vanilla  MAIZE  Syphilis  Olive  COFFEE BEAN  Banana  Rice  Onion  Turnip  Honeybee  Barley  Grape  Peach  SUGAR CANE  Oats  Citrus Fruits  Pear  Wheat  HORSE  Cattle  Sheep  Pigs  Smallpox  Flu  Typhus  Measles  Malaria  Diptheria  Whooping Cough  Trinkets  Liquor  GUNS

8.  With one partner seated around you, research what major items are exchanged or traded between the United States and either Asia, Africa or Europe. How do these items compare to those of the Columbian Exchange? Then, turn and talk to a different classmate and discuss each of your discoveries and comparisons. Connections to Today

9.  For better or worse? In what ways did the Columbian Exchange better global societies? In what ways did it harm societies?

10.  settling of New World & growth of trade led to economic revolution  CAPITALISM: private ownership & investment of wealth for profit  JOINT-STOCK COMPANY: multiple people offer money to start a business & share in profits  MERCANTILISM: economic policy used to increase a nation’s wealth through strict economic regulations such as tariffs Growth of Trade

11.  The Atlantic Slave Trade

12.  Between 1500 & 1870, 9.5 million Africans were imported into the Americas as slaves. The Atlantic Slave Trade

13.   Spanish & Portuguese first to utilize African population on sugar plantations  Brought to English colonies to work on tobacco, sugar & coffee plantations  African rulers participated in slave trade  TRIANGULAR TRADE: European trade between the Americas, Africa & Europe that involved the exchange of slaves & other goods  MIDDLE PASSAGE: voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies & the Americas The Atlantic Slave Trade

16. “Coffin” Position

17. Because of the near constant discard of captives, sharks followed the slave ships.

18. Is all progress good progress? Answer today’s essential question using evidence from your readings, class notes and the crash course videos.

19.  Ticket Out the Door Is all progress good progress?