Conditions aboard the slave ships were horrific. Into cargo holds of these ships for the journey to North America. Between three and four hundred slaves were packed Enslaved Africans were loaded aboard the ships. The sea voyage that carried Africans to North America was called the Middle Passage because it was the middle portion of a three-way voyage, also known as the trans-Atlantic trade, made by the slave ships. The vast majority of these slaves were located in the Southern colonies, where they supplied the labor required to support the region’s agriculturally based economy. By 1700, however, there were thousands of African slaves throughout the English colonies. No African slaves in English North America. When the Virginia Company founded Jamestown in 1607, there were SSUSH 2b - Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population & their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, & foodways.Īs tobacco farmers and other cash-crop farmers prospered, they greatly expanded the size of their farms.There were never enough workers available to plant, grow, and harvest the crops, so farmers turned to African slaves to do this work. Explain the role of the Great Awakening in creating unity in the colonies and challenging traditional authority. Describe different methods of colonial self-governance in the period of Salutary Neglect.ĭ. Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population and their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, and foodways.Ĭ. Describe European cultural diversity including the contributions of different ethnic and religious groups.ī.
SSUSH2 Describe the early English colonial society and investigate the development of its governance.Ī. Explain the development of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.
Explain the development of the New England Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.ĭ. Explain the development of the Southern Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.Ĭ. Investigate how mercantilism and trans-Atlantic trade led to the development of colonies.ī. SSUSH1 Compare and contrast the development of English settlement and colonization during the 17th Century.Ī. What were the Characteristics of and the processes by which the governments developed in the English colonies?.What were the Characteristics of early English colonial society?.What were the similarities and differences between the development of the English Southern, New England, and Mid-Atlantic Colonies during the 17th century?.
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