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

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

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

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

Triangular Trade

Triangular Trade

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

Middle Passage: pg. 450-451Middle Passage: pg. 450-451

African CaptivesAfrican CaptivesThrown OverboardThrown OverboardAfrican CaptivesAfrican Captives

Thrown OverboardThrown Overboard

Sharks followed the slave Sharks followed the slave ships!ships!

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.

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.