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Effects of European Exploration
European Footholds
1600s
European powers had established forts along the western coast of africa
unlike the earlier portugal powers the europeans has established a permanent foothold throughout the continent of Africa.
1652
Dutch immigrants arrived at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
These dutch immagrants made the
Cape Town
T
his was the first permanent english settlement to supply ships sailing to or from the east indies.
Cape Town 1967
Boers
were dutch farmers that settled around Cape Town
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boer-people
Over time these Boers had killed off the people who liver there
These "boers" had a calvinist belief system
The calvinist belief system is that they thought they were elect or chosen by god.
Mid- 1600s
By this time the french and british forces had reached present day senegal.
towards the end of the this time they had made a fort in the region
Late 1700s
British explores looked for the Nile River
1788 the british had established the African Association
Portaguel Builds an eastern empire
Afonso l
Afonso the First had burst into the indian ocean and established an empire
Mughal empire
Missionary's had spread the beliefs of there people at this time
Slave Trade
Countries
Africa
Africa was the very beginning of the slave trade as the "slavs" taken were mostly from east africa
Europe
Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, persians, Indians, and aztecs. Enslaved there captured enemies
The word
Slave
definition in english refers to the large number of "slavs" taken from southern Russia, to work as unpaid labor
Majority of slaves worked on farming estates. otheres consited of artisians, soldiers, or merchants.
Plantations
"Large estates run by an owner or an owners overseer."
Captive slaves
Captive slaves would be sold to europe
Slaves would be sold for goods such as textiles, rum, tobacco, weapons, and gunpowder
Slaves would also be sold for work such as metalworking
Slave trade abolished
Britain
Many failed attempts
Finally abolished in 1807
The United States
https://youtu.be/Gzy6C0C7-RM
New African States
Asante Kingdom
The area in where ghana is located today.
Osei Tutu
Osei Tutu won control of the city of Kumasi
Kumasi was located in where modern day Ghana is located
Kumasi was a trading city
From here he conquered peoples and unified the Asanter Kingdom
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Adventually he conqured the rivaling city Kenkyera and this lead to him ruling the lands
After conquering the land he has a monopoly on the gold and slave trade
Monopoly: the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Oyo Empire
Arose from successful waves if settlement by the yoruba people of present day nigeria
Begun in the 1600s
Gained its wealth by trading with european merchants
Due to the slave trade
african states were losing
countless women and men.
Europeans would take part in "slave raids"
Europe needed a much broader Atlantic slave trade.
instead of doing this they relied on african rulers and traders to seize captives in the interior and bring them to coastal trading posts and forts
worked on making sugar, rice, tobacco, and on other plantations.
