Early Modern period

European Expansion of the colonies 9/30/13 8:57 AM Portuguese are first Europeans to use slave labor in New World Cheap labor is critical to economic development and success b/c they used the plantation model Slavery already occurring in Africa Sell each other to Portuguese who would send Africans to the New World This trade encourages African city states to conquer others to sell as slaves In North America, native tribes would conquer smaller tribes and sell them to Europeans in exchange for other goods. Conquered natives would work on plantations or farms. Encouraged native peoples to attack their enemies to capture or enslave them to trade them Iroquois gain more control in North Eastern N. America Production of rice Grows as a cash crop when slave labor is introduced