Slavery, Government, Triangular Trade

Slavery, Government, Triangular Trade

Government

• Colonies were under British rule

• Colonies became self-sufficient with a representative government

• Consisted of the Governor, Assembly, Council, and local government

• Our government today is still similar to this system today

Multiple Choice

What position is most similar to the President of the United States?

• Assembly

• Governor

• Council

• Local Government

Slavery

• Colonists tried to use Native Americans and indentured servants before turning to Africans for use as slaves.

• Africans couldn't run away like the Native Americans because they didn't know the land or have anywhere to go

• The colonists thought they "needed" slaves but in reality they did not

• Africans were being used as slaves as early as 1442 but did not come to the new world until 1619

Multiple Select

Choose the two groups of people that the British tried to use as slaves before the Africans.

• Spanish

• Native Americans

• Autralians

• Indentured Servants

Triagnular Trade

• System of trade between Great Britain, Africa, and the Americas

• Middle Passage was the part of the route where the slaves were taken from Africa to the New World

• Slaves were so close together that they could barely move

• Slaves also didn't always listen to their captors so they were often punished for small missteps

Multiple Choice

What year did slave trade end?

• 1806

• 1807

• 1808

• 1809

Slave Trade

• 11 million slaves were traded from 1650-1860

• This included South America as slave trade to the New World ended in 1808

• African people had to eat out of buckets in groups of 10

Multiple Select

A wall separated what groups of people on every ship

• Women, Children, and Men

• Women/Men, Children

• Women/Children, Men

• Women, Men/Children