1. Colonies in North America
France controls Quebec to Louisiana
England controls New England to Florida
Russia colonizes the coast of Alaska
Spain controls Mexico and Florida and the islands of the Caribbean

3. Africa

4. Europeans build forts along the west coast of Africa

5. They traded muskets, tools, and cloth for gold, ivory and slaves

6. Slave demand in the Americas increases when the encomienda system is abolished

7. The slave trade developed into a huge and profitable business

8. European slave traders bought their slaves from African rulers in exchange for textile, metalwork, rum, tobacco, weapons, and gunpowder

9. African rulers thus expanded further into Africa to fill the European demand

10. Slave Trade Increased African wars Destroyed African kingdoms
Built new African kingdoms
Depopulation of Africa

12. Middle Passage
Journey of slave ships from western Africa to America where they were sold

13. Columbian Exchange
New products were introduced to Europeans, Natives, Africans.

14. Cape Town
Settlement was built by the Dutch at the southern tip of Africa

15. Boers
Dutch people that settled in southern Africa

16. Boers pushed further and further into Africa searching for ivory and new lands to herd

17. The Boers often battled African tribes including the Zulu

18. In 1815 the British take control of Cape Town

19. The Great Trek
Fleeing the British the Boers expand further north into Africa
New wars between the Boers and African tribes begin

20. Guns vs. Spears
The Boers have military superiority over the Zulus and other Africans
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