Determine whether the following descriptions belong to the New England colonies or the southern colonies.
PUT IN SECTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN COLONIES
maintained a large population of slaves
exported items to the Caribbean in exchange for raw sugar
economy was largely based on agriculture
the cities of Boston and Providence served as shipping ports
Answers
Answer:
The idea that military victors had the right to enslave defeated opponents was commonly held in ancient Greece and Rome.
The increasing demand for imported labor in the American colonies turned the slave trade into a large-scale and highly lucrative business.
Only a small fraction of the enslaved Africans brought to the New World ended up in British North America, with the vast majority of slaves sent to the Caribbean sugar colonies.
In the North American colonies, the importation of African slaves was directed mainly southward, where extensive tobacco, rice, and cotton plantation economies demanded extensive labor forces for cultivation; this created the Southern slave institution in the United States.
Poor working conditions, disease, and malnutrition contributed to the high mortality rate among slaves in the Americas.
Forms of slave resistance ranged from slow labor paces to violent rebellion.
Key Terms
bondage: The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
slave trade: An exchange of persons held in bondage; for example the exchange that occurred across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the Americas from the 16th through the 19th centuries.