Chapter 14 Assignment #2 Half of Ch 14.3
Middle passage, African cottage industries, Quakers views on slavery, Dutch East India Company, British East India Company, Tea and silk from China, missionaries in Japan, “sugar factories”, British and French in North America.
1. Middle Passage- The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. In the Middle Passage, European ships left Europe and headed to African countries in which they traded goods that they brought with them for purchased or smuggled African slaves. Voyages on the Middle Passage were usually financial undertakings rather than individuals funding the voyages.
2. African cottage …show more content…
Missionaries in Japan. The first Jesuit missionary, Francis Xavier, arrived in 1549 and had some success in converting the local population to Christianity. Initially, the visitors were welcomed. The curious Japanese were fascinated by tobacco, clocks, eyeglasses, and other European goods, and local nobles were interested in purchasing all types of European weapons and armaments. Japanese rulers found the new firearms especially helpful in defeating their enemies and unifying the islands of Japan.
8. Sugar Factories. Cane sugar had been first introduced to the Europeans from the Middle East during the Crusades. At the end of the fifteenth century, the Portuguese set up sugar plantations worked by African laborers on an island off the central coast of Africa. During the sixteenth century, sugarcane plantations were set up along the eastern coast of Brazil and on several islands of the Caribbean.
9. British and French in North America. Both the French and English colonial empires in the New World included large parts of the West Indies. On the tropical islands, both the English and the French developed plantation economies, worked by African slaves, which produced tobacco, cotton, coffee, and sugar, all products increasing in demand in
Middle passage, African cottage industries, Quakers views on slavery, Dutch East India Company, British East India Company, Tea and silk from China, missionaries in Japan, “sugar factories”, British and French in North America.
1. Middle Passage- The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. In the Middle Passage, European ships left Europe and headed to African countries in which they traded goods that they brought with them for purchased or smuggled African slaves. Voyages on the Middle Passage were usually financial undertakings rather than individuals funding the voyages.
2. African cottage …show more content…
Missionaries in Japan. The first Jesuit missionary, Francis Xavier, arrived in 1549 and had some success in converting the local population to Christianity. Initially, the visitors were welcomed. The curious Japanese were fascinated by tobacco, clocks, eyeglasses, and other European goods, and local nobles were interested in purchasing all types of European weapons and armaments. Japanese rulers found the new firearms especially helpful in defeating their enemies and unifying the islands of Japan.
8. Sugar Factories. Cane sugar had been first introduced to the Europeans from the Middle East during the Crusades. At the end of the fifteenth century, the Portuguese set up sugar plantations worked by African laborers on an island off the central coast of Africa. During the sixteenth century, sugarcane plantations were set up along the eastern coast of Brazil and on several islands of the Caribbean.
9. British and French in North America. Both the French and English colonial empires in the New World included large parts of the West Indies. On the tropical islands, both the English and the French developed plantation economies, worked by African slaves, which produced tobacco, cotton, coffee, and sugar, all products increasing in demand in