Britain

Question 1

What were the reasons for why the Soave trade developed?

Answer 1

Demand for sugar, shortage of indigenous labour, shortage of British labour, military conquest, racial attitudes, religious justification

Question 2

Explain the demand for sugar?

Answer 2

-Cheaper than other sweeteners.
- very profitable and cheap and affordable

Question 3

Explain the shortage of indigenous labour

Answer 3

Cheap labour wanted, enslaved African people, Atlantic Slave trade was formed. By 1775 Jamaica produced half of Britain sugar.

Question 4

Why was there a shortage of British labour?

Answer 4

Population was too small, harsh conditions

Question 5

What is the military conquest?

Answer 5

Change of Atlantic slave trade leaders, conflict in the Caribbean, the 7 years war,

Question 6

Explain the racial attitudes reason?

Answer 6

Easier to justify, enslaved Africans benefited from being ‘looked after’ by Europeans, Africans ‘more suited to plantations,

Question 7

Explain the religious justification reason for slavery

Answer 7

C of E accepted it

Question 8

Describe stage 1 of the triangular trade

Answer 8

Traders left Britain with ships loaded with manufactured goods: cloth, weapons, metalwork, alcohol and other luxury items. The ships sail to west Africa

Question 9

Describe stage 2 of the triangular trade

Answer 9

The middle passage. Ships dock in west Africa, the goods from Britain would be traded for enslaved people who had been captured by African chiefs from rival kingdoms. The ships then cross the Atlantic

Question 10

Describe stage 3 of the transatlantic slave trade.

Answer 10

In the Caribbean and americas, the slaves would be traded with plantation owners in exchange for sugar, tobacco, cotton and over valuable goods. The ships then return to Britain and sell the materials there.

Question 11

What are common pusishments for slaves?

Answer 11

Flogged, treatened, whipped, cutlasses pistols

Question 12

What were conditions like for slaves?

Answer 12

Often threatened, boat: stench, depression, illness, cramped, would rather die

Question 13

What was the psychological impact on enslaved people?

Answer 13

Grief from leaving fellow slaves, very ill and depressed, would rather be relieved by death

Question 14

What was the attitudes towards enslaved people?

Answer 14

If were to escape they would be killed, rattling of chains and smacking of whips, eagerness visible on whites faces, flogged nearly everyday

Question 15

When did Elizabeth 1 found the EIC

Answer 15

1600

Question 16

When did the first English ship sail to India directly?

Answer 16

1607

Question 17

When did a ship sail to Agra with a letter from king James 1?

Answer 17

1608

Question 18

When did the EIC create its own navy?

Answer 18

1612

Question 19

When did tea become important in England?

Answer 19

1615

Question 20

When is Madras established as a base for the EIC?

Answer 20

1639

Question 21

When is Calcutta founded by the EIC?

Answer 21

1690

Question 22

When did the EIC win the battle of Plassey?

Answer 22

1757

Question 23

When was the Indian rebellion?

Answer 23

1857

Question 24

Why was the EIC founded?

Answer 24

The English wanted to gain access to prized commodities like spice and tea.

Question 25

How did the Indian rebellion happen?

Answer 25

At first English and the French relations were good but disputes over trading rights lead to war in 1686. Tye EIC continued to influence India and compete with the Mughals. However they were often exploitive

Question 26

Why did the east India company win the battle of plassey?

Answer 26

Robert Clive persuaded one of the generals to switch sides

Question 27

How did the EIC IMPACT India?

Answer 27

Introduced schools, took natural resources, created jobs for Indians, build factory’s

Question 28

What are the causes of the industrial revolution?

Answer 28

Growth in population, British empire and trade, Raw materials, improvements in transport, new inventions, growth of agriculture