1. Unit 1: Three Worlds Meet Chapter 2: European Exploration of the Americas Section 3: The Spanish and Native Americans Section 4: Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas Section 3: The Spanish and Native Americans Section 4: Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas

2. A lot of the Spanish settlements were built in places where sugar cane was easy to grow These plantations needed a lot of workers and the Spanish tried to use as many Native Americans at first These plantations needed a lot of workers and the Spanish tried to use as many Native Americans at first (large farms that raise cash crops)

3. Eventually things started getting traded back and forth from the Americas to Europe ( “ The Columbian Exchange ” ) SquashPumpkinsTurkey Peanuts Potatoes TomatoesCorn S Potatoes PeppersTobaccoPineapplesCacaoBeansVanillaSquashPumpkinsTurkey Peanuts Potatoes TomatoesCorn S Potatoes PeppersTobaccoPineapplesCacaoBeansVanilla Food Crops Citrus Fruits GrapesBananas Sugar Cane HoneybeesOnionsOlivesTurnips Coffee Beans PeachesPears Food Crops Citrus Fruits GrapesBananas Sugar Cane HoneybeesOnionsOlivesTurnips Coffee Beans PeachesPears GrainsWheatRiceBarleyOatsAnimalsCattleSheepPigsHorsesGrainsWheatRiceBarleyOatsAnimalsCattleSheepPigsHorses DiseasesSmallpoxInfluenzaTyphusMeaslesMalariaDiphtheria Whooping Cough STD ’ s DiseasesSmallpoxInfluenzaTyphusMeaslesMalariaDiphtheria Whooping Cough STD ’ s

4. When using Native Americans as “ laborers ” wasn ’ t too successful and growers were forced to expand slavery – by getting workers from Africa

6. The taking of all these people from Africa and shipping them all over the Americas is called “ the African Diaspora ” Once they got to their new “ homes ”, they had to live under the slave codes Once they got to their new “ homes ”, they had to live under the slave codes (laws that regulated the treatment of slaves) (laws that regulated the treatment of slaves) the forced removal of Africans from their homelands to serve as slaves in the Americas