Hist 1301- Test 1

Part 1- In the beginning of the New World, the Natives and Europeans benefited from each other. While the natives used the European advanced technology to surpass other tribes, the Europeans were learning how to cultivate the land. The Natives introduced tobacco to the Europeans which later went on to be one of their main exports. Eventually the binds between both would break and the Europeans would drive the natives off their land.

Part 2- Europeans were introduced to slavery in Africa, where they had colonies that were directly involved with the slave trade. This made it inevitable for slavery to find its way over to the Americas. One of the major pull factors for slavery was the opportunity for free labor, which allowed the land owners to cultivate mass quantities of consumer goods. In fact most of the first major consumer goods exported (such as tobacco, corn, cotton, beans, ext) all came from slave plantations. Life for a slave was not the least bit easy, they were taken from their families in Africa then sold to a slave lord who brought them over to America then were resold to plantation owners who then would go on to have them work against their will. They were forced to work and were considered and treated as property. Many were ripped from their families. Though as harsh as slavery was, it played a major role in the development of the Americas.

Part 3-

Europeans settlers and The Native Americans in the New World

When Christopher Columbus first came to America in 1492, he opened all of Europe to a whole new concept to the world and the people in it. Though he was not the first to have set foot in these lands it was still established as the New World because it was new to what the Europeans had currently known. Long before Christopher Columbus had landed, the Vikings had sailed over to the Americas but