Bellringer Underneath your bellringer from last class please
Bellringer �Underneath your bellringer from last class, please write “Bellringer 10/17/11” and answer the following questions: �What was the Columbian Exchange? �What kinds of goods came from the Old World to the New World and vice versa? �What was the Commercial Revolution? In other words, how did the European economies change as a result of the Age of Exploration? Hint: think about capitalism, mercantilism, and joint-stock companies �BJOTD: What kind of fruit studies all the time?
Slavery and Precious Metals in the Age of Discovery Dana Nissel
Slavery in Africa �Prisoners of War �Kidnapped �Traded
�Hereditary (passed down in the family)
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Slavery in the Americas �Sugar Plantation �Tobacco Farms �American Indians �Warfare
Slavery in the Americas �Labor �Immunity to Diseases �No Tribes
Slavery in the Americas � 9. 5 million �Portugal �Triangle Trade �Gold, sugar, guns
Triangle Trade
Slavery in the Americas �Middle Passage �Disease
Exporting Precious metals �Metals �Africa �Bolivia and Mexico �Europe and Asia
Exporting Precious Metals �Destroyed local economies �Value of Money Decreases While Prices Rise (Inflation)
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