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What was the Middle Passage

The term Middle Passage refers to the transportation of the African people from Africa to the new world as part of the Atlantic slave trade, as it was the middle portion of the triangular trade voyage, also carrying molasses, timber and raw materials to Europe, and manufactured goods back to Africa. The Middle Passage refers to the part of the trade where Africans, densely packed onto ships, were transported across the Atlantic to the West Indies.

What was one result of the French and Indian War

Results of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, included:

  • Increased taxes on the American colonists to pay for the war
  • England acquired the former French territories in Canada and owned all the land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi river.
  • French from Acadia were expelled and migrated to Louisiana, forming the Cajun culture
  • settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden by the Crown
  • England acquired formerly French territory in the Caribbean and in India.
  • King George III taxed American colonists to pay for the war.
  • King George III would not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the main reason European countries set up colonies

To increase their wealth and power
Gaining income and raw materials

What was the main goal of colonists who moved to North America

opportunities to make money (apex)

In the trade network what did the colonists provide

Raw Materials

Which group depended on the trade network for raw materials

European businesses.

Which of these is a similarity in the colonial settlement of many English convicts and African slaves

Both groups came against their will.

How did Europeans get slaves before Portugal established trading posts along the West African coast

Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.

Which term is used to describe what type of slavery is treated like a slave is treated where like a piece of property

A piece of property.

Why did hostilities between the French and British increase during the mid-1700s

They were fighting over the fur trade in Canada at the time.

How did Canada win a prize at the end of the french and Indian war

How did the British win a prize at the end of the French and Indain war

Improved conditions in Europe meant that

fewer europeans became indentured servants

Caribbean colonies received bills of credit by Sale of

sugar

Religious freedom was a goal in the colonial settlement of both

Pilgrims and Germans

In the trade network American colonists depended on England for

England required that American colonists sell their cotton, tobacco, and other crops to them and the colonists were required to buy tea, sugar, fabric, and other goods from them, even if the Dutch offered the same goods for better prices.

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