Struggle for North America

1. Struggling for Power

1.1. competition for colonies

1.2. French and Indian War

1.2.1. Treaty of Paris

2. Atlantic Slave Trade

2.1. first leg: European goods to Africa

2.2. second leg: Middle Passage, slaves to America

2.3. final leg: American goods to Europe

2.4. thriving trade due to triangular trade

3. Middle Passage

3.1. walk long distances

3.2. many died, tried to escape

3.3. packed into slave ships

3.4. mutinies

3.5. disease

3.6. impact

3.6.1. wealth

3.6.2. African deaths

4. France

4.1. New France

4.1.1. Jacques Cartier

4.1.1.1. St. Lawrence River

4.1.1.2. Canada

4.2. fur traders

4.3. Louis XIV

4.3.1. appointed officials

4.3.2. soldiers and more settlers

4.3.3. prohibited Protestants

5. England

5.1. Jamestown, VA

5.1.1. settlers died

5.1.2. tobacco

5.2. Pilgrims

5.2.1. Mayflower contract

5.3. English colonies grow

5.3.1. struggle to survive

5.4. royal governors

5.4.1. laws to regulate trade