Enlightenment and Atlantic Slave Trade

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To meet the large demand for slaves, where did the Europeans look for more?

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Africa

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The period when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France, almost as a dictator, and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.

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Reign of Terror

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The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the...?

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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Some slaves decided to jump overboard and drowned instead of remaining on the slave ship.

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True

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African slaves were first used to work on

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European sugar plantations.

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What did Enlightenment thinkers question that people previously took for granted? Traditional authority, The teachings of the Catholic Church, The right of Kings to rule over common people without their say, All of the above

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All of the above

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What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor? Options: sugar cane, cotton, tabacco, sugar, cotton, wheat, cotton, wheat, corn

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sugar cane, cotton, tabacco

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Why did so many people die on the Middle Passage?

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Disease and malnutrition

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_____ provided the raw materials while _____ provided manufactured goods.

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Americas;Europe

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One of the main beliefs of the Enlightenment was...

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People are endowed with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.