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Chapter 20

The Atlantic Trade System & Africa. Chapter 20. New Weapons Technology. The “Columbian Exchange”. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization. Explorers. Conquistadores. Official European Colony!. Missionaries. Permanent Settlers. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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Chapter 20

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  1. The Atlantic Trade System & Africa Chapter 20

  2. New Weapons Technology

  3. The “Columbian Exchange”

  4. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conquistadores OfficialEuropeanColony! Missionaries PermanentSettlers

  5. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  6. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

  7. The Slave Trade • Existed in Africa before the coming of the Europeans. • Portuguese replaced European slaves with Africans. • Sugar cane & sugar plantations. • First boatload of African slaves brought by the Spanish in 1518. • 275,000 enslaved Africans exportedto other countries. • Between 16c & 19c, about 10 million Africans shipped to the Americas.

  8. Slave Ship “Middle Passage”

  9. “Coffin” Position Below Deck

  10. African CaptivesThrown Overboard Sharks followed the slave ships!

  11. The Slave Trade

  12. European Empires in the Americas

  13. The Colonial Class System Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattos Native Indians Black Slaves

  14. New Colonial Rivals

  15. Impact of European Expansion Native populations ravaged by disease. Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate.[“Price Revolution”] New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. Deepened colonial rivalries.

  16. 5. New Patterns of World Trade

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