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European Exploration: Immediate Effects
Ideas, Technology, Agriculture and Textile Commodities Exchanged
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Immediate Effects of Early Exploration
Ideas – religion and culture Technology – sailing and weaponry Textile Commodities Agriculture (see Columbian Exchange)
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Slave Trade in the Americas
Causes of Slavery Slavery and civil war in Africa Europeans needed a new source of labor Africans had immunity to European disease Experienced Farmers Did not know the land Skin color made it easy to identify Atlantic Slave Trade began ( , 9.5 million Africans were moved to the Americas)
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Slavery Spreads Throughout the Americas
As more countries colonized the Americas, the need for cheap labor increased
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Forced Journey Triangular Trade Middle Passage
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Slavery in the Americas
Harsh Lives Resistance and Rebellion
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Consequences of the Slave Trade
Families Divided – most never reunited Economic and Cultural development of the Americas Many slave descendants still live in the Americas
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European Impact on Indigenous Populations
Columbian Exchange European diseases wiped out a huge percentage of Native population Slave Labor War
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