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AP 23.516 Trans Atlantic Slavery – African Slave Trade by the Numbers
Slavery became a global industry for the first time in history when millions of African men and women were sold as slaves to Europeans.
315 years. 20,528 voyages.
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AP 23.515 Trans Atlantic Slavery – Amazing Grace
Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807).
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AP 23.512 What is Mercantilism?
mer·can·til·ism (noun)
–Â belief in the benefits of profitable trading.–Â the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
– an economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies
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AP 23.511 Responses to Coerced Labor – St. Martin de Porres
St. MartÃn de Porres (1579 – 639), was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII.  MartÃn de Porres was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a black servant. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony.
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AP 23.510 Responses to Coerced Labor – San Pedro Claver
St. Peter Claver (1580-1654) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary to Latin America. Due to his life and work, he is known as the “Apostle of the West Indies” and the “Slave to the Slaves.”
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AP 23.509 Responses to Coerced Labor – Bartolomé de las Casas
Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th century Spanish friar and social reformer. Bartolomé was the first Spaniard, and by default, the first European, to begin to advocate for the rights of the Native Americans in the New World. Continue reading Post ID 34724
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AP 23.508 Responses to Coerced Labor – The Valladolid Debate
Do you know who won the first morality debate about European colonization in the New World? Let’s take to look the Valladolid Debate of 1550, the first ethics debate of European colonization.
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AP 23.507 The Casta System – Society in Colonial Latin America
The Casta System
Casta paintings are part of the 18th century artistic tradition of Colonial Latin America. These generally appear in groups of sixteen portraits that trace the complex racial mixing or mestizaje of the people in New Spain. Each painting depicts a couple along with one or two children.
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AP 23.506 Labor System – Heimler (Labor, Slavery, and Caste in Spanish America)
IMPORTANT – although this video belongs to AP US History (APUSH) it overlaps with AP WORLD History for 4.4. Continue reading Post ID 34724
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AP 23.500 Illustrative Example – Isolationist State: Tokugawa Ieyasu (Japan)
Illustrative Example (p 83) – Asian state that adopted restrictive or isolationist trade policies.
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AP 23.498 Pirate – Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation. With his incursion into the Pacific Ocean, he claimed what is now California for the English and inaugurated an era of conflict with the Spanish on the western coast of the Americas, an area that had previously been largely unexplored by western shipping.
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AP 23.496 Golden Age of Piracy (1650–1730)
A pirate is a robber who travels by water. Though most pirates targeted ships, some also launched attacks on coastal towns. Throughout history, there have been people willing to rob others transporting goods on the water. Thousands of pirates were active from 1650–1730.
“Sea Dogs” = pirates authorized by Queen Elizabeth IÂ
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AP 23.484 European – Baroque Music and Dance (1600 to 1750)
Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. This era followed after the Renaissance music era, and was followed in turn by the Classical era.
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AP 23.483 European – Baroque Music (1600-1750)
Baroque Music is a style of European Classical Music between 1600 to 1750. The baroque era followed the Renaissance period (approx. 1400 – 1600) and preceded the Classical era (1750 – 1820). The baroque period is notable for the development of counterpoint, a period in which harmonic complexity grew alongside emphasis on contrast.
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AP 23.479 English – The Elizabethan Era (Society)
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history.
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AP 23.477 Mankind Story (Treasure 8)
Silver flows out of the mines of the Americas, helping spur new empires and global links. The growth of trade doesn’t just include products, it includes people. The brutal trans-Atlantic slave trade becomes an enormous human trafficking system, leading to enslavement of tens of millions of Africans. Pilgrims, searching for religious freedom, travel to the New World. Mankind is becoming increasingly connected, with transformative consequences.
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AP 23.476 Columbian Exchange – Chickens (Live stock)
What is the big deal?
Illustrative Example (p 82) – Domesticated Animals
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AP 23.475 Columbian Exchange – Pigs (Live stock)
What is the big deal?
Illustrative Example (p 82) – Domesticated Animals
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AP 23.474 Columbian Exchange – Horses (Live stock)
What is the big deal?
Illustrative Example (p 82) – Domesticated Animals
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