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The Growth of Slavery

The Growth of Slavery. Colonial Government. Amistad Trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJFDOvGMD0U. Growth of Slavery. Why were enslaved Africans brought to the colonies?. I. Slavery in the Colonies. Colonists needed labor for plantations Cash Crops

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The Growth of Slavery

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  1. The Growth of Slavery Colonial Government

  2. Amistad Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJFDOvGMD0U

  3. Growth of Slavery Why were enslaved Africans brought to the colonies?

  4. I. Slavery in the Colonies • Colonists needed labor for plantations • Cash Crops • Slaves were brought to Colonies on Middle Passage • 2,500 miles on slave ships • Most slaves worked in the fields • Variety of jobs (homes and shops) • Treated very cruelly • Many colonies had “slave codes” • Set punishments for slaves • Puritans and Quakers did not believe in slavery

  5. II. English Principles of Government • Protected Rights • Government had to respect people’s civil liberties • Representative Government • English people elected politicians to Parliament • English Bill of Rights (1689) • Set limit on King’s power • Citizens had right to fair trial

  6. Group Work 1. Why are protective rights and representative government important principles? 2. How do new ideas change the way people live?

  7. Government in America • Charter • Company was given rights by King (Massachusetts) • Proprietary • Property of an owner or group of owners • Appointed government officials (Pennsylvania) • Royal • Under direct English control. (Virginia, 1624)

  8. Colonists developed a strong belief in their right to govern themselves.

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