How did the slave trade affect Africans and the African states, especially those in West Africa?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Slave trade effects on African states
1. slaves exported from West Africa in British ships were worth ten times the
value of all other African exports put together
a. disparity protected African states from European imperialism
b. Europeans were not particularly interested in controlling the
products of the land or developing plantations of their own in Africa
c. slaving states enjoyed stability or at least survival in the eighteenth
century
2. slave stations multiplied along the coast, changing hands with the rhythms
of European wars
a. development of European settlements and infrastructures
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Examine the map of Monrovia, Liberia, c. 1830 that appears in Chapter 8. What is the relationship of the main Liberian settlement shown in the image to the primary goals of the American Colonization Society?
A) The settlement fulfills the mission of placing blacks physically in Africa to live. B) The settlement fulfills the mission of creating a military fort to attack local natives. C) The settlement fulfills the mission of making a trading station to exploit Africans. D) The settlement fulfills the mission of building an airport for future tourism.
In 1822, Denmark Vesey plotted insurrection in and around
A) Charleston, South Carolina. B) Southampton County, Virginia. C) Richmond, Virginia. D) Savannah, Georgia.
Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the price revolution?
a. expanding trade and industry b. wide-ranging changes in agriculture c. a general optimism and effective action by governments to control inflation d. exceptionally rapid inflation of cereal prices e. the influx of silver from the New World
What caused the beginning of Napoleon’s downfall?
A. His invasion of Russia B. His establishment of the Continental system C. The death of his wife D. The kidnapping of his Prime Minister E. The Seven Years’ War