Colonial+America

Colonial America :

After looking over the video, I think that the students work were not completely correct. The video talked about the conflict between the colonies and England, that involved the Navigation Acts. They used pictures to support the answer but the information that was given was really biased. They constantly talked about the benefits of England but also that the colonists had also benefitted from the Navigation Acts.
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They were taking the side of the colonists.

September 22, 2010


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 * Southern Colonies**

Notes:
 * South was still agricultural
 * South had cash crops = crops that were grown to be sold for money. Esp tobacco, rice and indigo, made them very wealthy.
 * Rope, tar and turpentine used to make ships, made south really wealthy.
 * By 1754 South Carolina exported a million pound of indigo annually.
 * Many workers had gotten malaria because of working in the rice fields.
 * Main Idea : The southern colonies made money using cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo.

CCQ's **Northern Colonies:** Main Idea:
 * Plantation needed workers, so they got slaves. Did they get the slaves illegally by trading with Africa without England knowing?
 * West Africans brought knowledge of growing rice to Am. Then if it wasn't for Africans then they would not know how to grow rice on their own?
 * Why were the Africans were more immuned from getting malaria?
 * Farmers in New England couldn't grow crops all year long because of unpredictable weather.
 * After the Navigation Acts costal cities were the center of ship building.
 * England's crop growing methods didn't work on New England's thin and rocky soil.
 * They needed crop for money.

September 23, 2010 [|jentran14] I disagree, the Salutary Neglect was put into place because England wanted to make sure that the colonies would remain obedient to them. Salutary Neglact was actually undocumented, England wanted to secure their power but avoid strict enforcement. The Navigation Act on the other hand were a series of laws. These laws restricted the colonies from foreign trades. This shows that the the Navigation Acts were not "ill-conceived" because the English had actually thought about it very well. For Salutary Neglect they did not want to have a strict approach yet with the Navigation Acts, they were supporting the enforcement.
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 * re: CCQ's on Colonial America**

I thought this was a very useful website:

[] [|jentran14] I think that the colonists chose to use slaves because they thought of slaves as property not human beings. They "owned" the slaves so I believe that the colonists thought that they didn't need to pay because the slaves were already theirs. They wouldn't want to waste even more money on the slaves because the colonists already had to take out money and pay for the slaves to be their property. Since the slaves were theirs, the colonists had the full power. They could do anything to the slaves and make the slaves do anything they wanted. Unlike workers where the colonists would only have a limitted amount of power. This is why I think the colonists chose not to hire workers but instead of using slaves.
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media type="custom" key="6998277" These are the images I chose to use to answer the questions because they are detailed and they support my answer. The first picture I had was of a black woman and a white woman. I used this picture because they colonists didn't really need the slaves. They could still survive, just like how that white woman can survive if she didn't have the slave with her. Then, I had an ad for selling slaves. I felt that selling human beings are wrong so I wanted to show how the slaves were treated so that the colonists would stop buying slaves. I then had a picture of a group of black slaves and stated that not only black people were slaves. I said this because I would want the colonists to know that they also could become slaves. The next picture was of both black and white slaves. I don't think anyone would feel proud if it was their race that was being the slaves. I used this to make colonists understand that anybody can be a slave. There were also 2 pictures of people working in the fields together. I put these pictures up to show that if you work together the work will get done instead of buying slaves and treating them like an object. Finally, I have a sign that says to stop slavery. Slavery is wrong and they are human beings and should be treated that way.

September 24, 2010





I think it should not matter whether the book is a lie or not because it is showing the hardship the slaves had to face. We don't know for sure whether Olaudah Equiano was there are not but the stories he wrote can be true. Slaves were not treated fairly, they weren't even considered people. I think that the description of the Middle Passage, may not the the full truth but it showed that black people can do anything the white people can do.

I think it is wrong what Olaudah Equiano did. He bought and sold trade for the wealth to buy he freedom. My opinion has changed about him. Although he wrote the book to stop slavery but he was the one to put these people into the cargos and make them suffer. I think that others' opinion should and will change about Olaudah Equiano. He bought his own freedom but sold other Africans so that they would lose their freedom but he would be able to keep his. It is wrong and unfair of him.




 * Summary:**

After learning more about Olaudah Equiano, I feel that he was greedy. In order for him to buy his freedom, he was willing to sell someone else's humanity. He was born sometime in 1745 and when he was 11 he was sold into slavery, so they say. There is no proof available to say that Olaudah Equiano also known as Gustavus Vassa actually took the Middle Passage. Equiano was not the only one kidnapped in his family. His younger sister was also kidnapped on the same day that he was. After working for his master for a period of time, he started his own buying and selling slaves business. This was how he made his fortune. I think this is insane! How could he do that to his own people. He is just ripping families apart just like he was from his family. He bought his own freedom and it was very unfair. He died in March, 1979 as a free man. I feel very different about Olaudah Equiano. I thought what he did at first was right but after learning about his real motive, I think he was a hypocrite and what he did for his own benefit was wrong.