Colonial+America

Do Now 9/22/10

This is a picture of Triangular trade between America's,Europe,and Africa. They went to the West Indies to get goods such as molasses,and sugar so they took those goods from the indies and turned it into rum in the americas. Also North America's most valuable resources were forests and fur bearing animals. In New England the weather was unpreddictable so it was harder for farmers to grow crops. They need crops for money and trade.

Do Now 9/23/10

CCQ; I disagree because the Navigation Acts were only made for England to be making more money. They thought that the other colonies were making too much money through salutary neglect. So england decided to take all of that power away, so they created the Navigation Acts, to control the colonist's imports and exports.

I think the colonist's used slaves because they probably thought they were useless. Also that they could have free laborers that were cheaper, and could use them to make money for very little money. The Colonist's used slaves to work on plantations and work all day long without pay, and barely got enough food to survive, so with slaves the colonist's wouldn't have to pay them to work and they would have to make money for free or be whipped or tortured.

9/23/10 media type="custom" key="6999649" media type="custom" key="6999645" **WHAT DID YOU LEARN? ** 1. What did crew members do to Africans who refused to eat? Why do you think they did this? The Crew members whipped the africans who rerfused to eat, because the crew members didn’t want the slaves to be sick and die of starvation. 2. Why did so many Africans on the ship die? Africans died because they refused to eat, even when they were hungry so they probvably died of starvation. 3. How were the Africans treated? Why do you think they were treated this way? The Africans werent treated vey well but if they would eat then they wouldn’t get tortured. They were treated this way because they didn’t listen.

Even if the story was a lie, this really could have happened to people because slavery times were tough, and slaves really got whipped. He could have made up the story, or heard about it, but these events still really happened. Now that i know he actually was a slave trader, i don't see him the same way, because he was trying to stop slavery, but he caused more of it. Should it change my opinion? yes because he did exactly what he was trying to stop and he sold other slaves humanity.    My perspective of Equiano is he is a and dedicated person. He may have bought his freedom by selling slaves but he did it to survive. Honestly in a world back then it was survival of the strongest and you had to do what you had to do. He visited as an explorer South America. Also after going through the middle passage he was sold to a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia who traveled through the Caribbean. Then the Quaker named Robert King sold Equiano his freedom back for a couple of pounds.