Colonial+America

=**__Colonial America __**=














 * __Northern Colonial Economies__**

The agricultural items that the Northern Colonial Economies produced became very important to trade.

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 * __Triangular Trade-(Wikipedia Search)__**

__Summary:__ Triangular trade is a trade route for imported items in 3 countries. This is a way for trading slaves, including other goods, overseas and this would continually repeat.

__Question:__ Post your responses to the questions about the video on the Navigation Acts here...this is how you will get credit for last night's HW.

__Answer:__ Yes, in my opinion, the students did get their facts correct. Although, they did a really great job, there could be some changes to the video. The place that I would improve their work is right near the end, the part where they said that Mary and William took over the throne from King James II. This could be improved because they could get into more detail about why Mary and William let the colonists trade with whomever they liked. By the way, where did Mary and William come from? They didn’t even explain how they took over the throne, by relatives of by tyranny? Anyway, I thought that they also ended the video too abruptly. They could’ve closed with some kind of resolution about the Navigation Acts. Despite of the improvements that they could’ve made, the video was, overall, accurate.

__Question:__ I think that the Navigation Acts were ill-conceived because of salutary neglect. Do you agree or disagree...explain why...extra points for disagreeing!!!!!

__Answer:__ I strongly disagree that the Navigation Acts were ill-conceived because of salutary neglect. The reason I believe that the Navigation Acts weren't ill-conceived is because since the Navigation Acts were set up to cease the trading the colonies were negotiating with other countries, it was supposed to make the colonists trade only with England and nobody else so that Great Britain would become wealthy. However, salutary neglect became a threat towards the chain of wealth that the British were gaining, therefore, England put up the Navigation Acts to try to stop the colonies from being successful in their trading. On the other hand, the colonists figured out a way to gain back their money by trading illegally and smuggling items. In conclusion, the Navigation Acts were not ill-conceived because of salutary neglect because the colonists were able to earn money in both situations.

P.S.-I think extra credit is awesome!!! :D

__Question:__ Eumie, in her brilliance today, exclaimed "why didn't they just pay them???" in reference to the use of slaves. Tonight...make a guess and give a possible explanation to why white colonists used slaves, instead of hiring paid laborers.

__Answer:__ I believe that white colonists used slaves, instead of hiring paid laborers is because slaves were much cheaper than actual laborers. The reason I think that colonists bought slaves instead of paid laborers is because they wouldn't have to pay much to own the slaves and have them work for their owners. In addition, the colonists would be able to keep them as their own and do whatever they wanted to do with them, since the slaves weren't considered as human beings and were thought of as just objects that you would sell, buy, and keep. Also, the other thing is that the slaves that the colonists own, would in truth, LIKE to be owned by their owners because if they didn't obey them then they wouldn't have shelter, food, or even clothes to wear. On the other hand, if you hired a paid laborer, then first of all, you would have to pay much more to actually own them and second of all, they could just quit on you and leave you ripped off of your money that you paid to buy them. Therefore, the colonists used slaves instead of paid laborers to work for them.

(Slideshow is on slide.com)

__Question:__ You will then need to find images to put in your slideshow - here's your task: //**Why do you think colonists felt the need to use slave labor? How would you convince someone who is a slave owner to give up their slaves? Remember many people who owned slaves did not like the practice, but felt like they HAD to have slaves...how do you convince them otherwise?**// Once you have completed your slideshow, explain why you chose the images you chose to answer the questions above.

__Answer:__ I think the colonists felt the need to use slave labor because they wanted to show off how wealthy they were to own slaves. I would convince someone who is a slave owner to give up their slaves by saying that owning slaves won't get them anything and no one would admire them for owning them either. If the people who owned slaves felt like they HAD to have slaves, I would convince them by telling them that owning slaves would not help the world to become a better place, that they should be helping slaves get out of slavery instead of participating in destroying a slave's life.

Also, I chose the images to answer the questions because my slideshow demonstrates how depressing it really is to be a slave and the helplessness behind all of their sad faces.



__Question:__ **1.)** Did you change your mind about what you read about Olaudah Equiano? **2.)** Should it?

__Answer:__ **1.)** Yes, I did change my mind about what I read because if Olaudah Equiano was not their to witness the slaves being shipped across the ocean to become slaves to another country, then WHO had written "his experience" in his perspective?!? AND was so accurate at it too! **2.)** Yes, I believe that we should all change our minds about Olaudah Equiano being a captive as an enslaved African to a foreign country to work for the colonists living there. The reason I say this is because that it is all really mysterious behind everything that is said about the journey that Olaudah Equiano took and we don't really know what is the truth and what is a lie. Therefore, we should change our minds on what we read about Olaudah Equiano.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! MR. HURLEY JUST TOLD US THAT OLAUDAH EQUIANO, WHO WAS ONCE A SLAVE, BOUGHT BACK HIS FREEDOM BY BUYING AND SELLING SLAVES HIMSELF!!!!! HOW COULD HE LIVE WITH HIMSELF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I mean, he was a slave too and he DID work hard to learn how to read and write, but I really can't imagine how he could do this!!! In my mind, all I can say is OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything that I thought he was, how innocent and depressed he appeared to be, just got destroyed! WOW!!!