Long- Distance Migrations from 1700-1900 in Africa and Latin America

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    Long- Distance Migartions

  • Colonizing

    People continued to migrate to Africa and Latin America to colonize the land.
  • Exploration

    People continued to migrate to both Africa and Latin America except now it was mainly for exploration instead of colonization.
  • Steamboat Invented

    Steamboats made it available for more people to travel ,and many people migrated to farther places such Africa and Latin America, because of this.
  • Vaccinations

    Edward Jenner develops the method of vaccination. Because of this, people couldd go on farther tripsand explorations and not have to worry about getting certain diseases.
  • Cease of Immigarnts

    Latin America stopped being a lace of destination for immigrants and instead became a sender of emmigrants to many different places around the world.
  • Train Invented

    The train, like the steamboat, made it easier for people to travel long distances. So many more people migarted to Africa and to Latin America.
  • Latin American Indpendence

    Independence for Latin America came between 1806-1825. Once they became independent, they wanted more people to live in their country.
  • End of Slave Trade

    The end of the slave trade meant that people couldn't just get their slaves sent to them, so many people migrated to places like Africa to force people there to be their slaves.
  • Beginning of Civil War

    People were migrating to try to get away from certain warzones and to try to be safer.
  • End of Civil War

    When the Civil War ended, people began to move in order to get away from destroyed areas or to go find a new home in a colonzied area.