Topic 4.4�Theme: F. �ECN�Objective:�Explain the continuities and changes in economic systems and labor systems from 1450 to 1750
SKILL: �Identifying evidence in a document �
Build on Topic 4.2: State-Sponsored Exploration
Enslaved people cutting sugarcane on the Caribbean island of Antigua, aquatint from Ten Views of the Island of Antigua by William Clark, 1832.
MCQ Practice
What will we learn:
What will we do:
The different labor systems employed by the European empires to fuel their global maritime trade?
We will read a primary source to identify evidence of labor practices used by Europeans �(using evidence to support a claim)
AMSCO�4.4
Economic Systems�(Labor Systems)
Must Know Labor Systems
State-Sponsored Exploration
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Review 4.2
ENSLAVE PEOPLE
EXPLOIT THE NATIVES
COLONIZERS
HOW TO GET WORK OUT OF PEOPLE�Exploitation + Forced Labor + Coercion
1. Exploitation: action of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
1A. Forced labor: when individuals are compelled to provide work or service through the use of force
1B.Coerced labor: creating unequal society manipulating someone to do something by using force or threats
Spanish using enslaved workers at Mt. Potosi (Bolivia) to extract silver
British using enslaved people from Africa to harvest sugarcane in Jamaica
European desired workers for gather raw materials
Spanish using enslaved workers at Mt. Potosi (Bolivia) to extract silver
British using enslaved people from Africa to harvest sugarcane in Jamaica
European desired workers for gather raw materials
We will now look at two documents:
Document #1: Catholic missionary in Mexico �- identify three exploited labor groups
Document #2: African king �- MCQ
Document #1: �Essay written in New Spain
A Bishop from Mexico, c. 1600
Alonso de la Mota y Escobar, Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, geographical treatise, 1605
Document #1: Alonso de la Mota y Escobar, Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, geographical treatise, 1605
"The Mexican city of Zacatecas is renowned for the enormous quantity of silver that has been extracted and continues to be extracted today. At the time of the discovery of the silver, there were many forrests and woodlands in this rocky land, all of which have since vanished so that now except for some little wild palms, no other trees remain. Firewood is very expensive in the city because it is brought in carts from a distance of eighteen hours away, since none remains here.�Silver was discovered in 1540, in the following way: after the fall of the Aztec Empire, Spanish soldiers remained all over the country. Since no more towns remained to conquer and since they had so many Indian slaves, they devoted themselves to the silver mines. One of these soldiers was Juan de Tolosa, who happened to have an Aztec Indian slave. The Aztec, it is said, seeing his master so anxious to discover silver, told him: 'If you so desire this substance, I will take you where you can fill your hands and satisfy your greed with it.' The city houses at least 600 White residents, and most of them are Spaniards. There are about 800 Black slaves and mulattoes*. There are 1,500 Indians in the work gangs who labor in all types of jobs while in the mines. "*a person of mixed European and African ancestry
Identify three groups of people being enslaved or exploited
Document #1: Alonso de la Mota y Escobar, Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, geographical treatise, 1605
"The Mexican city of Zacatecas is renowned for the enormous quantity of silver that has been extracted and continues to be extracted today. At the time of the discovery of the silver, there were many forrests and woodlands in this rocky land, all of which have since vanished so that now except for some little wild palms, no other trees remain. Firewood is very expensive in the city because it is brought in carts from a distance of eighteen hours away, since none remains here.�Silver was discovered in 1540, in the following way: after the fall of the Aztec Empire, Spanish soldiers remained all over the country. Since no more towns remained to conquer and since they had so many Indian slaves, they devoted themselves to the silver mines. One of these soldiers was Juan de Tolosa, who happened to have an Aztec Indian slave. The Aztec, it is said, seeing his master so anxious to discover silver, told him: 'If you so desire this substance, I will take you where you can fill your hands and satisfy your greed with it.' The city houses at least 600 White residents, and most of them are Spaniards. There are about 800 Black slaves and mulattoes*. There are 1,500 Indians in the work gangs who labor in all types of jobs while in the mines."�*a person of mixed European and African ancestry
Identify three groups of people being enslaved or exploited
� who happened to have an Aztec Indian slave
�800 Black slaves and mulattoes*
�1,500 Indians in the work gangs
Document #2: Letter from an African King in 1526
BACKGROUND:�The Portuguese came into contact with the Kingdom of Kongo in 1483. By 1491, the Portuguese priests & merchants set up churches & markets. Also in 1491, the Kongolese king & his son were baptized as Catholics. �In 1506, the son became king, & he took the Christian name Afonso. He promoted the introduction of European culture & religionin Kongo. His son Henrique was educated in Portugal & became a Catholic bishop. �However, Afonso’s kingdom began to deteriorate as the Portuguese began trading enslaved captured in his realm.�In 1526, the king sent desperate letters to King João III of Portugal, urging him to control his own subjects & to respect the common faith they shared with Europeans.
King Afonso I, the King of Kongo from 1509-1543
Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the Wares and things of your kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, sees many of our people, for an exempt men, and they kidnapped even Nobles and the sons of Nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the whites who are in our kingdoms.
The following quotation comes from a 1526 letter to a European monarch from a local king from?��A. On the Eastern coast of Africa �B. On the Western coast of Africa�C. On the Pacific coast of Central America
D. On the Pacific coast of South America
The following quotation comes from a 1526 letter to a European monarch from a local king from?��Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the Wares and things of your kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, sees many of our people, for an exempt men, and they kidnapped even Nobles and the sons of Nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the whites who are in our kingdoms.��A. On the Eastern coast of Africa �B. On the Western coast of Africa�C. On the Pacific coast of Central America
D. On the Pacific coast of South America
Historical Situation: Same skills needed on the DBQ are also needed on the MCQ
Sir, many of our people, keenly desirous of the Wares and things of your kingdom, which are brought here by your people, and in order to satisfy their voracious appetite, sees many of our people, for an exempt men, and they kidnapped even Nobles and the sons of Nobles, and our relatives, and take them to be sold to the whites who are in our kingdoms.��The following quotation comes from a �1526 letter to a European monarch from a �local king from: ��A. On the Eastern coast of Africa �B. On the Western coast of Africa�C. On the Pacific coast of Central America
D. On the Pacific coast of South America
Atlantic Ocean
West Africa
Geographical Context
Practice Your Speed in MCQ
MCQ: you will have 55 in 55 min. (most all stimulus based)
MCQ: you will have 55 in 55 min. (most all stimulus based)