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Treatment of Native Peoples
Treatment of Native Peoples
• Europeans believed in white supremacy – European culture, religion, language was better than that of the natives
• Forced natives to become Christians• Enslaved natives
• Europeans believed in white supremacy – European culture, religion, language was better than that of the natives
• Forced natives to become Christians• Enslaved natives
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SlaverySlaveryNative Americans did not make good slaves
• Contracted diseases easily; millions died from epidemics of small pox, measles, influenza
• Could not work in hot, dry conditions; many died from heat exhaustion, overexposure
Native Americans did not make good slaves
• Contracted diseases easily; millions died from epidemics of small pox, measles, influenza
• Could not work in hot, dry conditions; many died from heat exhaustion, overexposure
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SlaverySlavery• Natives knew the area well so they could escape easily
• Portugal already had factories on the West Coast of Africa
• As a result, Spain began to import Africans as forced labor on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean
• Natives knew the area well so they could escape easily
• Portugal already had factories on the West Coast of Africa
• As a result, Spain began to import Africans as forced labor on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean
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Triangular TradeTriangular Trade• Ships sailed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
• European ships carried manufactured goods, such as knives, swords, guns, cloth, and rum
• African ships carried enslaved people
• American ships carried raw materials, such as sugar, molasses, cotton, and tobacco
• Ships sailed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
• European ships carried manufactured goods, such as knives, swords, guns, cloth, and rum
• African ships carried enslaved people
• American ships carried raw materials, such as sugar, molasses, cotton, and tobacco
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Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade
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Middle PassageMiddle Passage
• Journey from the west coast of Africa to the Americas = Middle Passage
• 10-24 million Africans brought on slave ships (12 million estimate in textbook)
• 10%-20% Africans did not survive the journey
• Journey from the west coast of Africa to the Americas = Middle Passage
• 10-24 million Africans brought on slave ships (12 million estimate in textbook)
• 10%-20% Africans did not survive the journey
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Middle Passage: pg. 450-451Middle Passage: pg. 450-451
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African CaptivesAfrican CaptivesThrown OverboardThrown OverboardAfrican CaptivesAfrican Captives
Thrown OverboardThrown Overboard
Sharks followed the slave Sharks followed the slave ships!ships!
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Consequences of the Age of Consequences of the Age of Exploration/Columbian Exploration/Columbian
ExchangeExchange
Consequences of the Age of Consequences of the Age of Exploration/Columbian Exploration/Columbian
ExchangeExchange
1.Native populations ravaged by disease.
2.Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate.[“Price Revolution”]
3.New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”].
4.Deepened colonial rivalries.
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Effects in AfricaEffects in Africa
• Coastal Kingdoms gain power, but Europeans ensure limited power
• Coastal kingdoms use European tech to expand over neighbors (more slaves)
• Asante (Ashanti) example of a Kingdom which rose to power through European aid.
• Coastal Kingdoms gain power, but Europeans ensure limited power
• Coastal kingdoms use European tech to expand over neighbors (more slaves)
• Asante (Ashanti) example of a Kingdom which rose to power through European aid.