UNIT 2 Flashcards
What are indentured servants?
Poor English people, contracted themselves to wealthy VA landowner for 7 years in exchange for paid passage to VA
What were the morality rates of the Indentured Servants? Why?
High, 33-50% died before they were freed, disease, harsh treatment
By the ____, planters were importing slaves from Africa?
1670s
Examples of the ways slaves were treated terribly?
They were whipped, burned with coal, lived in squalor
What is Mercantilism
an economic theory that states that a country should export more than they import.
Why did England use mercantilism?
To make money from the colonies, so the colonies would not be self sufficient
How did England benefit from mercantilism?
Money, New World goods, more profits
What was the Triangle Trade?
Trade across the Atlantic Ocean between Africa, America, and Europe
What was exported in the Triangle Trade?
Slaves from Africa to the colonies, Raw goods from colonies to Europe, Textiles from europe to africa
What is another name for the Middle Passage?
The Atlantic Slave Trade
When was the Middle Passage?
From 1525 to 1666
How many slaves were shipped to the New World?
12.5 million
Approximately how many slaves survived the Middle Passage?
10.7 million
How many slaves were taken to the colonies in the present day US
388,000 slaves
Who were the main slave traders? (Groups not singular persons)
Portuguese, British, French, Spanish, and Dutch
