G5 HG U3 Ch10

Which European countries were the first to become involved in the African slave trade?

Why did the Spanish and Portuguese decide they needed enslaved workers for their colonies?

What effect did European involvement during the Age of Exploration have on the existence of slavery?

What is one way that slavery as practiced by Africans often differed from slavery as practiced during the Age of Exploration?

Who did Spanish colonists use at first to mine silver and gold in the Americas?

Why was it difficult for plantation owners in places like the Caribbean to use indigenous people for cheap labor?

How did the British become involved in slavery?

What other form of trade did many European sugar growers engage in as they became more established?

Who took over both Portugal's slave trade and its spice trade when that nation's power collapsed?

Describe the sides of the trading triangle that existed among Europe, Africa, and North America beginning in the mid-1600s.