Sugar And The Caribbean 1496-1833

Question 1

What happened during 1492 to 1496

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus discovers America in 1492

Question 2

What happened during 1496 to 1619

Answer 2

Henry the seventh sends John Cabot to find new lands. John returned home from what is now Canada with no riches.

Question 3

What happened during 1619 to 1625

Answer 3

African slaves began to replace indentured servants. John Hawkins a naval commander commissioned by queen Elizabeth the first becomes known as the “father of the slaver trade” by helping setting up the Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 4

What happened during 1625 to 1807

Answer 4

Plantations set up in Barbados became the largest by 1655. Charles the second became partnered with the Royal African Company to transport 60,000 slaves between 1680 and 1688 in the Atlantic Slave Trade.

Question 5

What happened during 1807 to 1833

Answer 5

British parliament abolishes the slave trade in 1807 but slave owners retained their slaves. William Wilberforce and Olaudah Equiano were abolitionist who campaigned to end the slave trade

Question 6

What happened during 1833 and after

Answer 6

Slave ownership is banned throughout the British Empire.