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Chapter 4: Slavery and Empire Outline ? African Slaves Build their Own Community in Coastal Georgia Slavery was??originally prohibited in the original 1732 Georgia charter; the ban was lifted two decades later when Georgia became a Royal colony. By 1770, 15,000 slaves made up 80% of the population. Rice was one of the most valuable commodities of mainland North America, surpassed only by tobacco and wheat. The Atlantic slave trade grew to match rice production. ???Saltwater? slaves (slaves taken from Africa, rather than ?country born?) were inspected and branded on coastal forts in Africa, shipped overseas (where many died), then sold and marched to plantations Mortality rates were high for slaves, especially infants. Overseers could legally punish slaves and even murder them.

APUSH Chp. 11 Southern White Society

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Southern United States

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Small minority of southern whites owned slaves - 1860: 8m white population only 400k slaveholders (1/20th) + small proportion of already small number of slaveholders had a substantial number of slaves
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DBQ 4: Slavery in the South

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American Civil War

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Abolitionism

Emancipation Proclamation

The Peculiar Institution

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Ways of the World Outline Chapter 14

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CHAPTER 14 OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The Atlantic slave trade was and is enormously significant. B. The slave trade was only one part of the international trading networks that shaped the world between 1450 and 1750. 1. Europeans broke into the Indian Ocean spice trade 2. American silver allowed greater European participation in the commerce of East Asia 3. fur trapping and trading changed commerce and the natural environment C. Europeans were increasingly prominent in long-distance trade, but other peoples were also important. D. Commerce and empire were the two forces that drove globalization between 1450 and1750. II. Europeans and Asian Commerce A. Europeans wanted commercial connections with Asia.

Brinkley APUSH Ch. 3

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Thirteen Colonies

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Chapter Three Society and Culture in Provincial America Multiple Choice Questions 1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were A. aristocrats. B. religious dissenters. C. laborers. commercial agents. landowners. Ans: C Page: 62 2. In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were A. slaves. B. women. C. convicts. indentured servants. religious dissenters. Ans: D Page: 62 3. All of the following were characteristics of the English indenture system EXCEPT A. most indentured servants received land upon completion of their contracts. B. contracts for indenture generally lasted four to five years.

Ch 18

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Chapter 18 Study guide 1. Sugar cane was first grown in the West Indies by Spanish colonists shortly after 1500, but after 1600 A: The English and French grew tobacco there. 2. Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians, A: tobacco use became enormously popular in Europe. 3. In order to make tobacco trade profitable, European governments used chartered companies, A: private investors with trade monopolies in colonies. 4. Which of the following does not describe the Dutch West India Company? A: It was never very profitable. 5. The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies required A: a sharp increase in the African slave trade. 6. The cultivation and production of sugar can best be described as

Chapter 20 Review Sheet

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Chapter 20 Review REVIEW QUESTIONS: How did the arrival of Portugal (and other Europeans) affect West Africa? Why did the slave trades arise and how did they affect Africa? What demographic patterns do historians see in the slave trade? How was the slave trade organized and who controlled the trade? How did African slavery differ from American slavery? How did the slave trade influence African politics and the rise of states? What developments occurred in East Africa? What popular movements collided in South Africa and with what results? How did African cultures, religions, and institutions change during this period? VOCABULARY:

Chapter 14

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New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market Chapter Outline An Age of Exploration and Expansion ? ? ?Islam and the Spice Trade growing portion of the spice trade was being transported in Muslim ships major impetus for the spread of Islam was the foundation of a new sultanate at Malacca in Indonesia Islands Malacca was founded was Paramesvara Malacca became a tributary of the Chinese Paramesvara converted to Islam, to enhance ports ability to participate in Muslim dominated trade Malacca became leading economic power in region and helped promote spread of Islam ? ? ?The Spread of Islam in West Africa Muslim trade and religion continued to expand south of Sahara into Niger River Valley in West Africa ? ? ??????The Empire of Songhai

American Pageant 15th Edition - Chapter 2 Outline

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Chapter 2- The Planning of English America Most of the new world had been changed profoundly as the seventeenth century dawned. North America was largely unclaimed (the area over Mexico). And the Spanish had set up much of the control in Central and South America. England?s Imperial Stirrings England didn?t put in much effort to colonize as the Spanish did. After King Henry VIII broke with Church he launched the English Protestant reformation. At first England and Spain were allies but after the Protestant Elizabeth ascended to the English throne a rivalry with Catholic Spanish intensified. Catholic Ireland, originally under English rule sought help from Spain but they failed and England put protestants there. Many English developed contempt for the ?savage? Irish.

American Slavery

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