Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage Essential Question

Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage

Essential Question • How were Europe, the 13 Colonies, and Africa economically intertwined?

TSWBAT: • Identify what Triangular Trade is • Read analyze documents about the Middle Passage • Participate in a review activity for tomorrow’s quiz

Indentured Servants • Contracting work for a fixed period of time (3 -7 years) in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and other necessities • Most under the age of 21 • Mostly in the southern colonies

What is Slavery?

Sum It Up • Read page 72 in the textbook. • Fill out the “Sum It Up” chart as you read.

Spain vs. England • What is going on between them in the 1500 s? • Spain claims a monopoly on trade in the North Atlantic • England wants to trade in the New World • In 1562, John Hawkins becomes 1 st Englishman to carry a cargo of African slaves to the New World

Spain vs. England, cont. • Soon after, Hawkins’ fleet ran into the Spanish off of Mexico • Violent attacks; Of 400, only a handful escape • Discouraged the English from trading slaves for almost 100 years

Middle Passage reading activity • In 6 groups, work to read your article. (count off) • Answer the questions associated with your article. • Present your findings to the class by explaining the answers to your questions.

The “Bottom” of the Triangle

The Middle Passage

Why Africans? • New labor supply was needed. Epidemics reduced the native population by 50% - 90%. • Racial superiority • Need for workers in harvesting cash crops (tobacco, cotton, sugar cane, indigo)

Geography of Slavery

“Tight Packing” vs. “Loose Packing”

Ship Life