The discovery and colonisation of the Americas, the exploitation of slaves to be used as a work force to generate commercial goods, the consumerist and industrial revolutions that followed and the formation of the foundations of the modern financial system. ... Africans were transported to America to be sold throughout the continent as slave labourers. ... The total number of slaves imported by the Portuguese is estimated at around 4.2 million- excluding those who met their fatal end during the middle passage- and their economy dramatically flourished during their time as the leader of transat...

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The cultivation of cash crops was very essential for the economy in the South during the American colonial times. ... The slave trade, also known as the Triangular Trade, was barbaric since Europeans took advantage of Africa's overwhelming loss of population, creating easy access to exploitation and domination. ... It weakened Africa as a continent since they lost millions of their strongest men and women during the slave trade, resulting in an underdeveloped continent. According to a Ghanaian historian and lawyer named Mohamed Shaibu Abdulai, the slave trade prevented an agrarian revolut...

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As this was debated, alternatives to the customary plantation production process needed to be reformed, making way for the industrial revolution. ... Throughout our history America has always been a destination for those who had dreams to come and take advantage of the opportunities America had to offer. ... During the time of the "Gilded Age" nothing could be closer to the truth. ... Another very important aspect of the reform of the late 19th Century was the economic change from agricultural to industrial, or the industrial revolution. New inventions brought forth much change to the A...

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But herein the sad contradiction is stated: African slaves are used for political advantage but yet are not given the right of a citizen, to be free and vote. ... This was important for slave owners" safety since slaves had revolted and run away to join the British during the Revolution. ... Northern delegates pushed to end slave trade congressionally because it contrasted Americas" republican ideals, as Luther of Maryland said "It is inconsistent with the principle of the revolution and dishonorable to the American character to have such a feature in the Constitution". ...

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Many took advantage of their position to exploit slave women sexually. ... Enslaved African Americans developed a sense of racial identity. ... Yet through, storytelling, religion and music African Americans managed to preserve their culture. ... Spirituals - Were a genre of religious folk song founded in American black and white musical traditions. ... During the decades following the American Revolution, however, Christianity was increasingly central to the slaves" cultura...

• Word Count: 2002
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Jamaica belongs to a group of islands created by the summits of a submerged mountain range connecting Central America to present day Venezuela. ... The Spanish Occupation (1494-1655) During his second voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus learned from the natives of Cuba of an island lying to the south rich with gold. ... As far as can be determined, the island was left unexplored until Columbus returned during his fourth voyage in June of 1503. ... Jago was slow during the entire period of Spanish colonization; most of the structures built were for governmental or religious ...

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