Slavery, Government, Triangular Trade

Colonies were under British rule

Colonies became self-sufficient with a representative government

Consisted of the Governor, Assembly, Council, and local government

Our government today is still similar to this system today

Colonists tried to use Native Americans and indentured servants before turning to Africans for use as slaves.

Africans couldn't run away like the Native Americans because they didn't know the land or have anywhere to go

The colonists thought they "needed" slaves but in reality they did not

Africans were being used as slaves as early as 1442 but did not come to the new world until 1619

System of trade between Great Britain, Africa, and the Americas

Middle Passage was the part of the route where the slaves were taken from Africa to the New World

Slaves were so close together that they could barely move

Slaves also didn't always listen to their captors so they were often punished for small missteps

11 million slaves were traded from 1650-1860

This included South America as slave trade to the New World ended in 1808

African people had to eat out of buckets in groups of 10