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Impact of Colonisation - Coggle Diagram
Impact of Colonisation
Slave Trade
12.5 million slaves were taken from Africa
1.8 million died on the journey
Portugal controlled the Atlantic slave trade
Economy
Spanish System
Encomienda system forcing natives to work land
Created a rich-poor divide
Haciendas - large estates
Changes in Clothing
Architecture and Town Planning
Commemoration & Controversy
Plantations
Up to 150 slaves on each
High death rate meant a lot of slaves
Many large plantations in the West Indies
Religion and Language
Marriages between people from cultures & countries
Catholicism spread
Spanish and Portuguese took over as languages
