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Unit 2 Ch 2
Social Studies Unit 2 Ch 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the first Europeans involved in Atlantic Slave Trade? | Portuguese |
| How did Prince Henry's actions lead to slavery in North America? | He played a large role in beginning the Atlantic slave trade. |
| What was the main cash crop in areas colonized by the Spanish and Portuguese? | sugarcane |
| Why did Spanish and Portuguese owners of sugar plantations enslave African people? | Harvesting sugar cane required many workers to be profitable so they used the slaves for labor. |
| In what industries did the Spanish use enslaved labor? | mined gold and silver in Mexico and Peru and farmed on sugar plantations in the Caribbean |
| What other Europeans used slavery? | Portuguese used slavery in Brazil and the English used slavery in their Carribean colonies. |
| What Europeans were involved in the Atlantic slave trade? | Portuguese and Dutch were involved before the English. |
| How were enslaved people captured and transported? | They were kidnapped or taken prisoner and were marched in chains to a seaport and transported across the Atlantic to be sold at a slave market in the Americas to work on plantations. |
| What was the Middle Passage? | a trip across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved persons had to endure |
| How did the conditions on slave ships contribute to the brutality of slavery? | Slaves were treated like cargo in crowded spaces and chained on platforms. The ships were very hot and diseases spread quickly. |
| What was the first known instance of Africans being sold in the colonies? | In 1619, Dutch pirates brought a group of slaves to Virginia to trade for food. |
| How did colonies define and regulate slavery? | It was defined along racial, religious, and hereditary lines. Harsh laws and legalized brutal punishments were passed. |
| Who was one of the leaders of Massachusetts Bay Colony? | John Winthrop |
| How were enslaved workers used in New England? | On small farms, as tradespeople, or as domestic servants. |
| How did New England colonies benefit from slavery even if they did not use enslaved workers in large numbers? | They benefited from the triangular trade, especially the import of rum. |
| What was the role of enslaved workers in the Middle colonies? | They worked as domestic servants or dockworkers or in the fields. |
| What was the Germantown Quaker Petition? | a document that protested slavery in Pennsylvania. |
| Why did people in the South stop hiring and paying indentured servants? | Buying an enslaved workforce was more profitable. |
| What effect did slavery have on enslaved persons' families? | Slaves could be bought and sold at any time, often breaking up families. |
| Why was life extremely difficult for enslaved people? | They were treated brutally and had no rights. They weren't allowed to travel, testify in court, or learn to read and write. |
| How did enslaved workers resist the practice of slavery? | Breaking tools, organized rebellions, trying to escape, working slowly, or pretending to be sick. |
| What were some of the skills enslaved workers brought with them from Africa? | farming, metalworking, weaving and sewing |
| How did enslaved workers create their own community? | They shared stories and folktales handed down from generations, kept African music and dance alive, and held on to religious beliefs of ancestors. |
| How did African American culture develop? | Slaves blended elements of African and American cultures |
| What were the awful conditions aboard the ship during the Middle Passage? | It was very hold, smelled bad, crowded, and no fresh air circulating. |
| Why do you think slave traders transported enslaved people in these conditions? | Traders didn't think of slaves a people. They thought of them as cargo goods to be sold. |
| What did the Virginia General Assembly consider to be dangerous? | Gatherings of large numbers of enslaved people for feasts and burials. |
| What did the act do to prevent gatherings of enslaved people? | It prevented slaves from carrying weapons, leaving the slaveholder's property without permission, and allowed slaves to be punished. |
| Why would slaves be afraid to resist enslavement? | They knew they would be beaten or killed if they tried to resist. |
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