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A successful short-answer response accomplishes all three tasks set forth by th...

Aug 29, 2023

*Question*Answer (a), (b), and (c), confining your response to the period 1491 to 1800. (a)Briefly describe ONE specific historical similarity between the impact of trade exchanges in the Atlantic economy on Africans and their impact on American Indians. (b)Briefly describe ONE specific historical difference between the impact of trade exchanges in the Atlantic economy on Africans and their impact on American Indians. (c)Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect of the Atlantic economy on the British colonies in North America.*Question**Answer*(a)both groups were forced into forced labor, as in the Spanish mita and encomienda systems that coerced labor from American Indians and the employment of chattel slavery of Africans throughout the Atlantic coast and Caribbean islands. (b)Africans were uprooted from communities and transported across the ocean to become slaves, while displaced American Indians were typically forced off their traditional lands to regions farther west (c)the development of slave labor plantations in the southern colonies and West Indies; the migration and subsequent increase in population of European settlers as indentured servants or free laborers to participate in the colonial economic systems.*Answer*

Grading Rubric

A successful short-answer response accomplishes all three tasks set forth by the prompt. Each part of the prompt is worth 1 point, for a total of 3 possible points. (a) To earn the point, the response must describe a significant historical similarity between the impact of trade exchanges in the Atlantic economy on Africans and American Indians. The response should provide a specific example of how both groups were affected by the Atlantic economy, such as the forced migration of Africans and American Indians due to the slave trade and the displacement of native populations. (b) To earn the point, the response must describe a significant historical difference between the impact of trade exchanges in the Atlantic economy on Africans and American Indians. The response should provide a specific example of how the experiences of these two groups differed, such as the differing mortality rates due to diseases brought by Europeans, or the differing roles they played in the Atlantic economy (i.e., Africans as enslaved laborers and American Indians as trade partners and military allies). (c) To earn the point, the response must explain a specific historical effect of the Atlantic economy on the British colonies in North America. The response should provide a specific example of how the Atlantic economy influenced the development of the British colonies, such as the growth of cash crop economies, the development of a class system, or the increase in conflict with American Indians over land and resources. The response should provide reasoning or evidence to support the claim.

Score earned

*&3/3&* The student's answer would receive a full 3 points according to the grading rubric. For part (a), the student correctly identifies a historical similarity between the impact of trade exchanges on Africans and American Indians, namely forced labor. They provide specific examples of this in the form of the Spanish mita and encomienda systems and the chattel slavery of Africans. For part (b), the student correctly identifies a historical difference between the impact of trade exchanges on Africans and American Indians, namely the differing experiences of displacement. They provide specific examples of this in the form of Africans being transported across the ocean to become slaves and American Indians being forced off their traditional lands. For part (c), the student correctly explains a historical effect of the Atlantic economy on the British colonies in North America, namely the development of slave labor plantations and the migration and increase in population of European settlers. They provide specific examples of this in the form of the southern colonies and West Indies and the influx of indentured servants or free laborers.