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Jul 23, 1441
African Slavery
Cause: The first slaves were captured by a Portuguese captain and sold to be used for cheap labor.
Effect: Portuguese began selling slaves to English, which opened a way for the slave trade. -
Navigation Acts
Cause: English manufacturers complained merchant-dominated trdes didn't pay attention to their exports.
Effect:Navigaton Acts made it so traders in colonies could only trade with England. -
King William's War
Cause: Both England and france wanted supremacy in North America.
Effect: The Treaty of Ryswick ended the war. -
Florida Slave Policy
Cause: To create a buffer against the English, Spain declared Florida a refuge for slaves.
Effect: many slaves fled there under the conditions they convert to Catholicism and work. -
Wool Act
Cause: england didn;t want competition in the wool industry from other colonies.
Effect: This act forbade colonial manufacture of wool. -
Queen Anne's War
Cause: Great Britain wanted to destroy refuge for slaves in Florida.
Effect: Spanish allied with French but the English still won. -
Virginia Slave Code
Cause: regulations against slaves built up to this code and worked to the advantage of slave masters.
Effect: strengthened slavery by making it seem morally correct. -
Peace of Utrecht
Cause: British won Queen Anne's war.
Effect: Great Britain won exclusive rights to supply slaves. -
Hat Act
Cause: England didn't want competition from other colonies in the hat industry.
Effect: This act forbade colonial manufacture of hats. -
Iron Act
Cause: England didn't want competition from other colonies in the iron industry.
Effect: This act forbade the colonial manufacture of iron. -
Molasses Act
Cause: The Yankees shipped sugar to competing colonies by mixing it with legal goods.
Effect: This act place prohibitive duty on sugar products brought to North America from other colonies. -
War of Jenkins's Ear
Cause: A sea captain named Jenkins claimed the Spanish had cut off his ear.
Effect: Great Britain went to war with Spanish over slave colonies. -
James Oglethorpe
Cause: created Georgia to create buffer against Spanish and became a major plantation colony.
Effect: most slaves were brought here by the 1740s to help work on the plantations. -
John Woolman
Cause: took a stand against slavery by using the bible for support.
Effect: began a small antislavery sentiment by declaring everone of the same blood and asking others to put themselves in slaves shoes. -
Tobacco Plantations
Cause: as the demand for tobacco grew, so did expansion.
Effect: boosted the slave trade as more labor was needed to expand.