Key Concept 4.2 by Yasmin Ibrahim

Encomienda System

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:32:29 UTC

Spanish subjugation of Incan system of labor for the greater good, in reality, the crown used labor to mine silver

Coerced Labor

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:35:18 UTC

The biggest change in labor history is the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade . Cash crop grown in plantation led to huge increase in slavery & productiion of raw materials

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:39:04 UTC

The Atlantic Slave Trade

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:39:59 UTC

Slavery in Africa continued both the traditional incorporation of slave into households and the export of slaves to the Mediterranean.

The growth of the plantation economy increased the demand for slaves in the Americas

How did the Atlantic Slave trade affect both African societies and the economy of the Americas?

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:42:49 UTC

The Americas benefited from the slave trade because the increase in labor allowed for an increase in productivity. This also helped the economies of European nations because they reaped the benefits of the American colonies.

How did agriculture's role change between 1450-1750

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-01 17:47:42 UTC

Before Columbus made contact with the americas. Once cilumbus made contact with north and souhth america the exchange of crops, slaves, and diease began, known as the cloumbian exhange. Agriculture became a way if exploiti

Chattel Slavery

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-02 02:04:04 UTC

People are personal property to be bought and sold. Orginal form of Slavery

New Ethnic, Racial , Gender Hierarchies

yibrahim1 — 2016-02-02 02:08:14 UTC

New Elites:

- Grew from widening global economic oppurtunties and imperial conquest

- Manchus in China

- Spanish Creoles

- Entrepreneur

Existing Elites:

- Had deal with growing power of absolute monarch

- Mughal Zamindars

- Euro Nobility

- Daimyo Japan

Gender:

- Europeans men depended on S.E. Asian women (the traditional merchants of the region)

Family:

- Smaller Family size in Europe

Racial:

- Mestizo; European + Native American

- Mulatto; European + African American

- Creole; Spaniard + Americas