Colonization of the Americas, and Slavery & the Atlantic Slave Trade

Why did different nations go & what did they do in America?

The nations colonized the Americans for…GOLD, GOD, GLORY

They colonized by setting up governments, schools, residences, churches, & printing services

Also, set up plenty of plantations & mines

How did the encomidenda system eventually shift into African slavery?

The Portuguese & Spanish used the encomienda system, which was based on nationality →

which shifted into enslaving just natives who did not possess any European blood →

gradually though, African slavery replaced native labor

English, French, Dutch in North America → Why did colonies get settled differently? How did relationships between different Euro groups and native groups differ?

Colonies got settled differently bc these countries did not have religious goals, instead they had economic goals.

Euro groups fought each other for territory

England did not have a good relationship with Amerindians, but the French did due to their cooperative fur business with Amerindians

What were the systems of slavery before the Atlantic slave trade? And who were the slaves in these systems?

the ecomienda (Spain & Portugal), mit’a (Spain & Portugal), & indentured servitude (England) systems

The slaves were Amerindians

What was the ecomienda system?

What was the mit’a system?

• one seventh of adult male Amerindians required to work 2-4 months per year

• system broke down because so many Amerindians died working that Euros shifted to importing African slaves

What was indentured servitude?

• the English used this system

• servants (slaves) are bound by an indenture (contract) for 4 to 7 years in exchange for the payment of their trip to the NW

• at the conclusion of the contract: servant’s go small bit of land, tools, and clothes

What were the Trans Saharan pathways?

Why and how did slave trade change during the Atlantic slave trade?

it became more about power & money of the enslavers than just getting work done for cheap