... and mining endeavors. Having a strong labor force was essential to the economic future of the Americas and Europe, and Africans, dominated by the numbers of white men brandishing horses and rifles, were an easy target for enslavement. The Atlantic Slave Trade benefited the Europeans, the slave traders, and the American colonists. The Europeans wanted cotton, tobacco, rum, molasses, and sugar from ... ...

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... , a well-known abolitionist. After two days, the raid ended with the Border Ruffians in control after their triumph. When John Brown heard about this, he rallied his company, the Pottawatomie Rifles, which was made up of about forty men. They left on May 22nd for the thirty-five mile ride to Lawrence, and were met partway with news that Lawrence had ... ...

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... , a well-known abolitionist. After two days, the raid ended with the Border Ruffians in control after their triumph. When John Brown heard about this, he rallied his company, the Pottawatomie Rifles, which was made up of about forty men. They left on May 22nd for the thirty-five mile ride to Lawrence, and were met partway with news that Lawrence had ... ...

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... tools such as stone tipped spears and quartz choppers; their food was made from hickory nuts, berries, roots, herbs, mushrooms and eggs. This varies from what the British were using; rifles and hammers while they only ate cooked food. I also learned Native Americans used natural rock caves for shelter and their material resources were; wood, bark, branches, plants, furs, bones, and ... ...

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... system." 1790 Eli Whitney- Whitney, a skilled and prolific inventor, invented the cotton gin in 1793. It almost immediately transformed southern agriculture and revitalized slavery. Whitney also was successful in manufacturing rifles for the government by employing the idea of interchangeable parts. 1793 Development of the Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. The device efficiently separated upland cotton ... ...

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... the English East India Company felt that the British rule often failed to respect their traditions of religion and caste. When rumors started circulating that the cartridges in their new rifles contained cow and pig fat, the natives became furious. The local Indians thought they were being polluted because a cow was a holy animal and a pig was a very dirty animal. When 85 ... ...

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