2nd Form Slave Topic Flashcards
Who were five European explorers?
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Bartolomeu Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gamma
Why did the Europeans try to explore the world?
Money
Prove a theory
Trade routes
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Convert people to Christianity
Explain the transatlantic slave trade
Europe-> manufactured goods e.g guns to Africa-> slaves going to North America -> tobacco cotton sugar -> Europe
What is the middle passage?
The journey from Africa when slaves were transported there
-normally took 6-12 weeks
What goods were grown on slave plantations
Coffee
Tobacco
Rum
Sugar
Cotton
What was the slave trade act and when did it happen
In 1807, it made slave trading illegal in the British Empire
When was slavery abolished in the British empire?
1838
-compensation money was paid to slave owners
Name some African kingdoms
Benin
Congo
Namibia
How did the transatlantic slave trade impact African kingdoms
African chiefs organised collection of slaves and became quite rich and got weapons and manufactured goods from europe
How did abolition affect the African kingdoms?
Led to decline and collapse of great African empires. Countries became weak and were invaded/taken over by Europeans.
How did British rule negatively impact India?
-Indian people excluded from top governmental positions
-devastating famines and epidemics took place
-British provoked sepoy mutiny by being insensitive to Indian troops’ religions
How was British rule good for India?
-the British raj built infrastructure
-British raj collected data and reduced epidemic deaths
- British raj enforced peace between different regions of India
-British kept open borders for trade
Name a leader of the Indian independence movement
Mahatma Gandhi
Explain sepoy mutiny
East India company paid Indian people (sepoys) to fight for them in their army.
Sepoy mutiny- riots of soldiers against the east India company
