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In your journals, respond to the following essential objectives as you watch the 2 short video segments and scan pages 132-136 in your text...


 * ** Identify the causes of African slavery. **
 * European colonists in the Americas who needed cheap labor began using enslaved Africans on plantations and farms.
 * 1. Many Africans were exposed to European diseases, and had built up some immunity
 * 2. Africans were experienced with farming
 * 3. Less likely to escape because...
 * They did not know their way around the new world.
 * Their skin color made it easier for them to catch.

- Triangular Trade Route: the transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in the Americas.
 * ** Explain the Triangular Trade Route. **

- Many African families got torn apart, and numerous cultures lost generations of their fittest members. Also, African slaves brought African culutres to American societies, influencing them their art, music, religion, and food.
 * ** Identify the consequences of the slave trade. **