First Year English - Sam

Document 14.1 The Journey to Slavery The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 1789 Olaudah Equiano born around 1745 in what is now the Igbo-speaing region of Nigeria, was kidnaped from his home at the age of eleven and sold into the Atlantic slave trade. He tells his story using the first person and the story in my opinion is very meaningful and harmful. Olaudah Equiano learned to read and write, used to be a seaman along the side of his master's ship and later bough his freedom in 1766. Using his learning and teaching skills, he then published his own book in 1789 which summarizes an detailed overview in his personal life. Subjects in his book will probably involve specific subjects such as: his personal life as a slave, confusions, inequalities, questions, regrets and etc. This story is not like any others because it's very deep but also very open minded. It's shocking with what happened to him and what is actually said. Olaudah Equiano pointed out...

Chapter 14: Economic Transformations Commerce and Consequence 1450-1750 Commerce in People: The Atlantic Slave Trade The Atlantic Slave Trade which was a global network of exchange was the trading market of human being becoming slaves. Between 1500 and 1866, a total of 12.5 million Africans were shipped; across the Atlantic and 10.7 million to Americas, where some sadly lived as slaved throughout the rest of their lives. The Map shows a perfect example of the "Transatlantic slave trade routes" with different sized of red arrow going through the Atlantic Ocean. In class we have talked about it in depth and here are the bully points: Atlantic Slave Trade (= slavery associated race/in same places/inherited status/How people become enslaved previously/loosing a battle/debt). In addition, on pg.625 there is a mid-ninetieth-century painting of slaves held belowdecks on a Spanish ship representing: The Middle Passage. Finally, Europeans bought products from other countries such ...

Chapter 13 - Political Transformations (Empires and Encounters) 1450 - 1750 Across America there were powerful European empires. Again the early modern age was an age of empire's growth. These empires are mixed with diverse people which represents a new stage of the globalization. By the mid-eighteenth century, Europeans successfully extended their empires because of their geographical location. They were well positioned for commerce and access to the world. Ones the Americas were discovered; natural resources and productive agricultural lands has helped the long term growth of the European economy between the 19th and 20th century. The map on page 556 titled "European colonial Empires in the Americas" shows the expansion of all sorts of territories cause by wars and rivalries. ( Spanish territory : New Spain, New Grenada & Rio de la Plate/ Portuguese territory : Brazil/ French territory : Louisiana, Quebec, part of Guana/  English territory : New York, Boston, ...

PART FOUR - The Early Modern World (1450 -1750) Part Four is composed of three chapters: Chapter 13, 14 and 15. These three chapter focuses on the early modern era, the beginning of globalization, modern societies and Europe's presence in world affairs. Countries like China, Japan, India and Europe are mentioned in a lot of those chapters because they experienced beginnings of modern eras changements such as a population growth, highly commercialized economies and etc. In addition Chapter 13, 14 and 15 highlight changes during the early modern era since there is a mixture of what was old and new. Chapter 13 is about new empires: European, Middle Eastern and Asian. Chapter 14 consists of global patterns of long-distance trades and finally both science and religion in Chapter 15. The World Map on pages 550-551 is labeled with the location/place & chapter in order for the us to see the mapping order/cycle.