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People who worked as slaves on sugar plantations in the Caribbean brought to the Americas from what continent?
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What did the Europeans contribute to the Caribbean?
first brought there as slaves, then worked on plantations, soon gained more freedom and brought African culture aspects that mixed with native and European beliefs. creole culture can be looked up. a mix of African religious and cultural beliefs with the other native and euro. they were the base of the economy and the proletariat
What was the first religion brought to the Americas from Europe?
Puritans when they landed in 1620 in Mass and set up Plymouth colony. The first European religion to be brought to the Americas with lasting effect was Christianity, and specifically Roman Catholicism, in the Caribbean, Mexico and South America, beginning with Columbus' expedition of 1492. Various Protestant sects also established early presence in the English Colonies starting with the settlement of Virginia in 1609.
Why did Europeans import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Initially slaves were brought to the Americas to work the sugarcane fields
Which European country brought the most slaves to the Americas?
Portugal
How did European conquerors meet their need for labor on sugar plantations?
They brought enslaved Africans to America.
Why were so many African slaves brought to the Caribbean in comparison to other area in the Americas?
Because that is where the sugar plantations were.
Were most of the slaves who were brought from Africa to the Americas brought to the area that would become the US mainland or were they brought to the Caribbean islands instead?
Africa. West African slaves were brought to the West Indies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Originally African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the?
sugarcane plantations
Why did Europeans bring West Africans to the Americas?
The Europeans brought Africans to the Americas to run sugar plantations thus enslaving them.
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for?
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply cheap and forced labor for agricultural industries, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton plantations. They were also used in mining and other industries to help the European colonies in the Americas prosper economically.
How and why were Africans brought to central America and the Caribbean islands?
They wanted to use them as slaves for plantations and labor.
Which of the following is one of the reasons why so many slaves were brought from Africa to be used on plantations in North and South America?
There were not enough people to work on the plantations in the Americas.
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply what kind of labor?
African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for agriculture, mining, and other industries that required large amounts of manual work.
What were The first African slaves were brought to the Americas for?
The first African slaves were brought to the Americas primarily to work on plantations producing cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton. Their labor was crucial for the economic prosperity of European colonies in the Americas.
What country brought African slaves to sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands?
European countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England were responsible for bringing African slaves to work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands during the Atlantic slave trade.
Who were the great majority of slaves on the southern plantations?
The great majority of slaves on southern plantations were of African descent. They were forcibly brought to the Americas from various regions in West Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
What did the Europeans contribute to the Caribbean?
first brought there as slaves, then worked on plantations, soon gained more freedom and brought African culture aspects that mixed with native and European beliefs. creole culture can be looked up. a mix of African religious and cultural beliefs with the other native and euro. they were the base of the economy and the proletariat
