Warm-Up Questions•  • ______ 1. Slave trade route from Africa to the Americas•  •  • _______2. Economic system used by European countries to insure they • Become wealthy•  • _______3. Large farms which grew crops for the purpose of making money•  •  • _______4. This colony was created in the interior of North America•  •  • _______5. Spanish explorer, or conquer, in the New World•  •  •  • A. Conquistador• B. New France• C. Middle Passage• D. Mercantilism• E. Plantations

European ExplorationReview

SLAVERY & The Middle Passage• Spain and Portugal were the first two countries to bring slaves to the

Americas.• One of the long term effects of slavery is that some people felt

inferior because of their race• Slavery increased during the 1500s because of the increased needs for

slaves• The Middle passage lead many slaves to a life of labor and hardship.• African Americans were favored of Natives because they were

immune to European disease, provided cheap labor, and they had no Allies in America.

• About 2 million Africans died on the Journey to America.

European Exploration in the New World• Christopher Columbus failed trip to the New World actually

increased Spain Wealth• The development of New Technology lead to many explorers like

Columbus being able to take voyages to discover new territory.• The French settled in the area along the Mississippi River• The Dutch and French searched for the Northwest Passage and they

established trade with the natives.• The Northwest Passage was though to be a route to Asia through

North America.• The Spanish explorers were able to defeat the Natives because the

had better weapons, made alliances with them, and gave them diseases the weakened them.