Colonial+America

__//**Colonial America**//__ I think the students did get their facts correct, but there were some flaws in the video. Some pictures were irrelevant nor accurate.

__**Jessica:**__ In her opinion, she thinks the students got their information correct, but they could've put more details into what they stated.

//__Do Now 9/22__//

__Notes__ •Tobacco, indigo and rice were 3 main products in the south • ↑ = cash crops = crops sold were a lot of $$ • Plantations increased, they needed workers and relied on slaves • Most workers would die from malaria, so slaves would grow the rice __Main Idea__ Southern colonies, made a lot of $$ from cash crops by having slaves do the work.

__CCQs__ 1. How did the plantation owners know that the West Africans knew how to grow rice? 2. Why is it that the slaves were more immune to malaria than other workers.

This picture relates to the topic because southern colonies used slaves to grow the crops.

__Northern Colonies__ •New England weather was unpredictable •Farmers couldn't grow crops •After the NA, coastal cities were the center of shipbuilding •England's crop methods didn't work on NE thin and rocky soil. •They needed the crops for $$

__// Discussion Responses //__
[|mattt824] 9/21 I disagree that the Navigation Acts were ill-conceived. Since the British gave the colonies salutary neglect, the colonies started having a sense of freedom. With that freedom, they started trading with other foreign countries other than the British. Since the Navigation Acts were intact, the British made sure that the colonies only traded with them and no other country. And in the end the colonies lost their sense of freedom. So, no the Navigation Acts weren't ill-conceived. ||
 * || **re: CCQ's on Colonial America**

[|mattt824] I think that white colonists used slaves, instead of hiring paid laborers in comparison, slaves are far more cheaper than paid laborers. Since colonists believed that slaves weren't human beings, but used like a tool, they didn't care if the slaves were paid for what the labor they did. Colonies back then were money hungry and would try to spend the least amount of $ possible. Since hiring paid laborers would be more expensive than buying slaves, they blocked out that option to hire paid laborers || media type="custom" key="6999115" I chose the first image because it shows how the slaves were in labor. Colonists only used slaves for labor because they took away all their rights as a human and thought of them as object. The second and third image just shows how there were not all black slaves back then. There were also white slaves and with these, the colonists could maybe think twice before their children could be sold into slavery also. The last picture was just a simple "End Slavery," message. It encourages the colonists to end slavery and to hire other workers that still have rights. They could also get the job done too.
 * || **re: Responses - Why didn't they pay them?**



__Should it matter if Equiano's book was a lie? Why or why not?__ It shouldn't matter if Equiano's book was a lie because even though he probably could have made the whole story up, it still shows us a perspective about how it was like on the ships. But I kind of also disagree because since he wrote this book, and it might've been a lie, all of the information he wrote in the book could've been made up. The events in the book might have not been exactly what happened. I can't really pick a side because its kind of hard when thinking about both sides of this.

__Does now knowing Equaino was a slave trader change your opinion?__ It doesn't change my opinion about the book because these horrible events did happen to other slaves. Him as a person I don't think him of a heroic, or inspirational person because he was a slave trader.He was a hypocrite for what he did!



__// Summary //__ I'm having mixed thoughts about Mr. Equiano. I'm relieved that he wrote a book about experiences from the middle passage. That book caused many people to see the challenges the slaves had to go through. I'm also happy that he was an abolitionist and wanted to end slavery. He's like an inspirational figure. Someone that I would remember about when I think about the words 'ending slavery.' After learning about how he was a slave trader to buy his own freedom and create his fortune, my thoughts about this "inspirational" figure was quickly changed. Why would he create a book about how slavery was soo horrific if he himself was a slave trader? It just doesn't fit together. This is a __** big **__ contradiction in the history of slavery. Then again, he did write that book that encouraged many people to end slavery...

__// More Facts about Olaudah Equiano //__ •In 1745, born in Essaka an Igbo village in the kingdom of Benin •Had a wife named Bambuka Mwaza Equiano •Was the son of a chief •It said he learned how to read and write at a school in London? •Sold to a Royal Navy officer named Michael Pascal