The African Slave Trade

I think this chapter has been a bit uncomfortable to read in some areas just because of how Europeans thought about Africans back then. I think its horrific how Europeans treated other human beings just because of their skin color because that seemed to be one of the reasons. In the book I remember there was a European that said that Africans were more submissive to slavery since they had "little that is essential to humans" (pg 690). If I'm correct in the way I was processing information I believe people in Europe were pretty religious so what exactly went through their minds when they agreed that Africans were not humans due to their skin color. 

Another thing that shocked me was that there were African sellers that were selling their own people to Europeans and to the Caribbean.  

A great reference to this chapter would be 12 years a slave because it was so explicit and it really spoke about the labor that the slaves had to go through. One of the things that reminded me to what I read in the book would be when the main character has to whip the girl because she misbehaved. In the book it said that not all slaves were treated equally. It was mostly based on what they had to offer and how they could be useful, so children were most of the time shadowing their parents in labor that they would grow up to do during their life span. 

Entry #3-economic transformation

What I learned from this chapter of the reading was that the Atlantic Slave Trade was not the only thing during that century that created networks from one country to another. As the book states, it was only one component of the international networks. The Spanish America got silver from the mines and this was a great treasure in which people used to buy other goods like spices. One movie I could think of the relates to the Spanish coming into Mexico is The Road to El Dorado. The movie focuses on the journey of two young men who are arrested by Hernán Cortez and taken on the journey to Mexico but throughout the journey they ended up being lost. They made their way through the City of Gold which is where Hernan Cortez was headed. 

 Fur was a good from North America from the Native Americans and also from Siberia. The Russians looked a lot into the fur that the Siberians were making because it would completely benefit them. 

I also learned that the European goods weren't really popular in the Asia Markets, and I think this is because it was two different setting with two separate needs.

Slavery & Sugar in the Caribbean

Most of the sugar colonies were established in Brazil and the Caribbean where majority of the African slaves were taken in and pushed into labor. The working conditions were horrible mostly because of the process of cane sugar production. This is why the slaves were forced to do this type of job because of the harsh conditions and since Europeans did not think they were also humans.
The process of cane sugar was that it had to be in a hot area where the cane sugar would be produced in large scales. Not only were slaves used for the production of cane sugar but also tobacco, cotton, rice and indigo.

Modern Age=European Age

I believe we have moved on from the Modern age because of the fact that we have moved into the technology age. It is safe to say that the modern age was dedicated to the Europeans because of the great influences that they had on the world. The cultural influence that the Europeans forcefully pushed upon other countries. I think that is why we have moved away from the modern age and it would be safe to say that we have moved into the technology stage. Where everything is surrounded by technology and now computers run faster due to the fast WiFi we have access to know.

I think expanded ideas were mostly forced upon other countries and cultures. An example of this is how Christianity was pushed upon the Native Americans, while also being stripped down from their language. The land ownership changed too by a document that agreed that the colonists now took ownership of the land that the Native Americans always lived on. Along with the migration of the Europeans to America they brought along different food, agricultural ways, and diseases to America.

Not only does this support the modern age also being the European age but also because a lot of the things that we have today have originated or been influenced by Europe.

Yas I'm done.