1. Chapter 4 Section 3 The Atlantic Slave Trade
Objective: Summarize the Atlantic slave trade & the life of enslaved Africans in the colonies
Vocabulary: Atlantic Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, & Middle Passage
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Image “West Africa in the Era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” “Door of no return”
What region of the world is this map depicting?
What do you notice when you look at this image?
What do you think the shaded areas represent?
Explain what the picture is…
Now with a partner, what do you think the shaded areas represent?
What area of Africa was most affected by the transatlantic slave trade?
How do you think slaves were transported from the interior to the coast?

2. Setting the Stage
Sugar plantations & tobacco farms required a large supply of workers to make them profitable for their owners
Europeans originally used Native Americas as a source of cheap labor but too many died of disease & brutal treatment
Eventually, they turned to Africa for workers
Why was purchasing slaves cost effective for the slave owners/plantation owners?

3. The Causes of African Slavery
Slavery had existed in Africa for centuries, especially within the Islamic Empire, they transported 17 million African slaves to Muslim lands
Europeans saw advantage in using Africans in the Americas (immunity to disease & experience in farming)
The buying & selling of Africans for work in the Americas became known as the Atlantic Slave Trade
By the end of the slave trade in 1870, 9.5 million Africans had been imported to the Americas
Spain & Portugal took an early lead in importing Africans to the Americas
Muslims justified enslavement with the Muslim belief that non-Muslim prisoners of war could be bought & sold as slaves
Between transported to North Africa & Southwest Asia
What religion is North Africa mostly today?
Slaves could escape their bondage in numerous ways
Lastly, slaves were less likely to escape. Why?
40% of all Africans went to Brazil.

4. Slavery Spreads Throughout the Americas
As England’s presence in the Americas grew, it came to dominate the Atlantic Slave Trade
Roughly 400,000 Africans were sold to Britain’s North America colonies
By 1830, 2 million slaves lived in the United States
Many African rulers & merchants played a willing role in the Atlantic slave trade
African merchants captured other Africans to be enslaved & delivered them to the Europeans in exchange for gold, guns, & other goods
1.7 million Africans were transported to the west indies
If only 400,000 were sold to North America, how did the population rise to 2 million?
Why do you think African merchants were willing participants?

5. Check for Understanding
If 400,000 slaves were sold to the North American colonies & the slave trade stopped, how did the population of slaves rise to 2 million by 1830?
Sentence start: I think that the population of slaves rose to 2 million by 1830 because __________________________________.

6. A Forced Journey
Triangular Trade: transatlantic trading network where slaves & other goods were carried between Africa, England, & other colonies in North America
The voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas was known as the middle passage
Africans were packed into large ships where they endured whippings & exposure to diseases
Nearly 20% of Africans aboard each slave ship died during the brutal trip because of disease & physical abuse
European transported goods to West Africa
Africans were transported to the West Indies
& Merchants bought sugar, coffee, & tobacco in the West Indies & shipped them to Europe
What do you think they did with the 20% of Africans who died onboard?

7. Slavery in the Americas
Africans usually were auctioned off to the highest bidder
Slaves worked in mines, fields, or as domestic servants
They worked long days & suffered beatings
Slavery was a lifelong condition as well as hereditary
Africans developed a way of life based on their cultural heritage, many kept it alive through music
Some slaves openly revolted all over the Americas
How do you think they openly revolted?

8. Consequences of the Slave Trade
The slave trade disrupted tribes & tore apart families
The slave trade also introduced guns into Africa
Africans brought their expertise in agriculture as well as culture with art, music, religion, & goods with them to the new world
They greatly contributed to the economic & cultural development of the Americas.

9. Chapter 4 Section 4 The Columbian Exchange & Global Trade
Objective: Describe the Columbian Exchange, global trade, & mercantilism
Vocabulary: Columbian Exchange, Capitalism, Joint-Stock Company, Mercantilism, & Favorable Balance of Trade

10. Setting the Stage
The colonization of the Americas dramatically changed the world
Colonization resulted in the exchange of new items that greatly influenced the lives of people throughout the world

11. The Columbian Exchange
The global transfer of food, plants, & animals during colonization is known as the Columbian Exchange
Ships from the Americas brought thing like tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, cacao beans, corn, potatoes, & turkey
Ships from Europe/Africa brought things like horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, bananas, yams, wheat, rice, & oats
Disease was also apart of the Columbian Exchange; like small pox, influenza, typhus, & malaria
How does the Columbian Exchange benefit us today?
Which foods from Europe surprise you?

12. Global Trade
Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership & on the investment of money in order to make a profit
Merchants & traders reinvested those profits in even more investments
The increase in economic activity led to an overall increase in many nations’ money supply
Joint-stock company is a business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, then share the profits
It was considered a safer way to invest
Why would Joint Stock companies be a safer way to invest?
If you invest in a business for a million dollars & it crashed how much do you lose?
If you and 10 of your friends invest a million dollars & it crashes how much do you lose?

13. Check for Understanding
Option one, you invest in a business for a million dollars & it crashed how much do you lose?
Option two, you and 10 of your friends invest a million dollars & it crashes how much do you lose?
Why would the 2nd option be a safer way to invest?
Sentence starter: The 2nd option would be a safer way to invest because ________________________.

14. The Growth of Mercantilism
Mercantilism is an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth & power by obtaining large amounts of gold & silver & by selling more goods than they bought
Favorable balance of trade: an economic situation in which a country sells more good abroad then it buys from other countries
Colonies provided raw materials & provided a market for a country to sell its goods to