British involvement in Transatlantic Slave Trade | History

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade was a three point trade between Europe, the Americas and ...
- 'West Africa' ✓
By 1600, which European nation had captured and sold over 150,000 African people into slavery in their American colonies?
- Portugal ✓
- Spain
- Britain
- France
Elmina Castle was built in 1482 and was used to hold goods to trade and then later enslaved people; where was it built?
- Gold Coast, Brazil
- Gold Coast, West Africa ✓
- Gold Coast, Portugal
Which kingdom's rulers, known as Obas, refused to sell their people into slavery, despite continuing trade with Europeans?
- Benin ✓
- Songhay
- Mali
- Kongo
By the late 1600s, which group of local people in West Africa were no longer protected from being enslaved?
- prisoners of war
- wealthier people ✓
- the Obas
Which of the following kingdoms is an example of a kingdom that suffered because of their alliance with European merchants?
- Mali
- Kongo ✓
- Wolof
- Benin

Who arrived in the Caribbean for the first time in 1492, claiming land for Spain?
- King Ferdinand
- King Charles II
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Christopher Columbus ✓
Match each word to the correct definition.
- colonisation
  
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  the process of one country taking control of another ✓
- plantation
  
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  land on which crops were grown, usually using forced labour ✓
- enslaved people
  
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  someone forced to become the legal property of someone else ✓
- slaveholder
  
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  someone who owned an enslaved person ✓
Which of the following countries had begun colonising the Americas by the early 1500s?
- Italy
- Spain ✓
- Portugal ✓
- Germany
Which uninhabited island did 80 British colonists settle on in 1627?
- St Kitts
- Jamaica
- Barbados ✓
- Haiti
Which of the following is the best definition of 'indentured labour'?
- a system where someone is made to work without pay for a set period of time ✓
- a system where someone is made to work without pay indefinitely
- a system where someone is made the legal property of someone else
Which of the following is the best definition of 'slave society'?
- a society made entirely of formerly enslaved people
- a society structured around a system of slave holders and enslaved people ✓
- a society whose main aim is to abolish slavery

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The British arrived in West Africa from the 1660s, with the support of King Charles II and later King James II.
The arrival of the British led to more conflict between and within kingdoms in West Africa.
Before enslaved labour was used on plantations, Britain used a system of indentured labour.
Barbados was the most profitable colony with the growth of sugar.
The British transported enslaved people to new colonies in the Caribbean, such as Jamaica and Barbados.

Britain was always involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Britain became involved in the trade in the 1500s, initially selling enslaved people onto plantations in Spanish and Portuguese colonies.

Colonisation - the process of one person or a group of people taking control of another country or state and settling on that land
Plantations - areas of land on which certain crops were grown, usually using forced labour
Enslaved people - people who have been forced to work, lose their freedom and become the property of another person
Indentured labour - a system where someone is made to work without pay for a set period of time
Slave holder - someone who owned an enslaved person