What were Britain's reasons for establishing colonies in North America? What is one reason colonists came to America? Why did slavery start in the American colonies? Why were many settlers attracted to the New Jersey colony? Why were the middle colonies successful?
Why did Europeans enslave Africans? Why did Abraham Lincoln free the slaves? Why was slavery abolished in the British Empire? Why was indentured servitude important to the colonial economy? Why did the African slave trade begin? Why did Britain abolish the slave trade in 1807?
How Bacon's Rebellion Planted the Seeds of Race-Based Slavery In the aftermath of the rebellion, white planters reacted with alarm to the anger they had seen among the Black Virginians who had joined Bacon’s rebellion. “The planters had not been able to control this rowdy labor force of...
The first colony in America at Jamestown, Virginia was founded in 1607, but by the 1640s, tens of thousands of Puritans had arrived on the colonial shores. It had become clear that there was power in unity, particularly in the face of threats from Native American populations and rival colon...
Question: Why did Portugal begin to explore the coasts of South America and Africa in the 1400s? Age of Exploration: Portugal was one of the major colonizing powers of the world. Some of the areas it colonized are Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Macau. It was also one o...
Did you know? For 32 of the United States’ first 36 years, a slave-holding Virginian occupied the White House (John Adams from Massachusetts was the exception). Not only was the creation of the Electoral College in part a political workaround for the persistence of slavery in the United ...
The End of Post-Colonial Strongmen. Colonialism did not end completely with the departure of European colonialists. It continued for decades in theguise of strong dictators, who had inherited state systems from the colonialists. Because these strongmen often saw themselves as anti-Western freedom ...
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