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North American Colonies
North America • Because of Spain’s success, other countries joined in taking over the Americas • France and England controlled many parts of North America
North America • New France – Present day Newfoundland, Canada – Traveled down St. Lawrence River – Claimed most of Canada for France • Tried to convert Natives to Christianity • Little success
North America • Population grew very slowly – Too cold – Could not farm • Began trapping and trading furs, fishing – Very profitable
North America • Louis XIV sent troops to North America – Build on power – Set up trading posts from Quebec to Louisiana
North America • English Colonies – First English colony at Jamestown, Virginia – Did not become successful until they started growing tobacco • Pilgrims – English Protestants
North America • English established thirteen colonies – Not very profitable • No gold or silver like South America – Used resources available to finally start making profit • Fishing, farming, cash crops
North America • Competition for Colonies – Countries fighting for rights to certain colonies • French and Indian War – Between France and England – Extended into Europe
North America • Treaty of Paris – Signed in 1763 • England won – Ensured British dominance in North America
Atlantic Slave Trade
Atlantic Slave Trade • One part of Triangular Trade – Linked Europe, Africa, and America • Europe to Africa – Goods- guns, cloth, cash • Africa – Traded goods for slaves
Atlantic Slave Trade • Africa to America – Slaves – Middle Passage • America – Slaves traded for sugar and molasses – Sugar and molasses traded for furs, fish, and rum – Went back to Europe
Atlantic Slave Trade • Very profitable for everyone involved – Profit worth risk of traveling • Successful port cities
Atlantic Slave Trade • Middle Passage – Enslaved Africans shackled and sent to coastal ports • European traders then purchased slaves – Shipped to America • Chained and cramped in single vessel – Three weeks to three months long
Atlantic Slave Trade • Many Africans died along the way – Disease, brutal mistreatment, suicide • Estimated 11 million Africans shipped to Americas • Another 2 million died along the way
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