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155687329What country came in contact with the African slave trade first?Portugal0
155687330Where did the Portuguese begin to develop plantations?fin Azores, Cape Verde Islands, and Brazil1
157038815How did the existing slave trade in Africa change with European arrivals?-African kings and elite sought to profit from selling their neighbors as demands gew -adopted new military techniques2
157038816What military techniques did the African kings adopt in order to capture more slaves?cavalry firearms3
157038817How were most slaves caught?prisoners of war4
157038818What were the two cash crops that required the most slaves?tobacco and sugar5
157038819What two countries were the most involved with tobacco?Britain and France6
157038820Where was Tobacco first grown, and where was it grown later?in the Caribbean, then in Virgina7
157038821What crop replaced tobacco in the Caribbean?sugar8
157038822Chartered CompaniesGroups of private investors who paid an annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the West Indies colonies.9
157038823What place was the #1 sugar producer in the 1700s?Caribbean10
157038824what place was the #1 sugar produer in 1600?Brazil11
157038825What happened to the British planters as a result of the growing sugar production?became rich and politically powerful12
1570388261620Dutch involvement with Sugar production in Brazil13
157038827Dutch West India CompanyTrading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa. goal: acheive independence from Spain and hassle Spanish commerse overseas14
157042509Where was sugar originally produced?Middle East15
157042510Sugarconsidered a luxury good rising middle class wanted it used to sweeten new beverages prices declined with new production16
157042511what was the effect of the industrial revolution on sugar production?created more demand because the workers needed the calories and the warmth on jobs in factories17
157042512What happened to indentured servants?price of land rose up so much that they no longer existed18
157042513why use slaves?-no indentured servants -ultimately became cheaper19
157042514cons of using slaves?-high mortality/low birth rates -changes of rebellions20
157042515Atlantic CircuitEurope to Africa Africa to America Americas to Europe technically, could make a profit on every leg, but in practice very risky21
157042516What was brought from Europe to Africamanufactured goods (guns), cotton textules (from India)22
157042517What was brought from Africa to the Americas?slaves Middle Passage23
157042518What was brought from the Americas to Europe?export crops, mining products, plantation goods24
157042519Triangular TradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa25
157042520In the Triangular trade, what did N. England merchants sell to Africa, the Caribbeans, and to N. America?Africa: rum, metalware, gin, firearms Caribbeans: slaves N. America: molasses, rum26
157042521Middle PassageThe part of the Atlantic Circuit involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.27
157042522Why did so many slaves die during the Middle Passage?slaves were packed into boats as tightly as possible bad hygiene chained disease28
157042523what happened as a result of the Middle Passage?because so many slaves died, conditions on the boats were improved so there wouldn't be as much financial loss29
157042524Who controlled the slave trade?1. British 2. Portuguese 3. French 4. Dutch 5. N. Americans chartered trading companies30

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