Overview
The Industrial Revolution led to a demand for materials; to be used for factories.
There was a great demand for raw materials for the Americas and European colonies
in Australasia, Africa and Asia.
The Atlantic Slave Trade saw millions of Africans forcibly deported to the Americas.
With the British abolition of slavery in 1833, cheap labour was supplied by Indian
indentured workers.
Gold seekers, mostly Chinese, travelled to gold fields in Australia and California.
Millions of Europeans left poverty ridden lives to seek fortunes in the New World.
They developed agriculture, commerce and industry.
This helped to devastate the cultures and economies of indigenous peoples in the
New World.
The migrants created multicultural societies around the world.
The Influence of the Industrial Revolution
Europe grew in wealth and power and its population drastically increased
The Atlantic slave economy, which grew from the 16th century, helped to provide
Britain with extreme wealth. This lead to it becoming the first industrial nation.
Abolition of slavery meant that capitalists looked for cheap labour elsewhere.
Over 1 billion acres of land in the US, Canada, Australia and Argentina was used for
agricultural purposes.
For Indigenous peoples of the land, their cultures were damaged and a large death
toll arose.
1850 – 1914: 50 million people migrated, half went to the US, others went to
Australia, Canada and Argentina.
Era of Mass Migration
1750 – 1901 was one of the great Diasporas.
(Diaspora – the forced or voluntary
movement of people from their homeland
to new regions)
Enslaved people were taken from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean Islands.
Millions of Indians migrated to indentured labourers.
Free settlers chose when and where to move for a better life.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Industrial Revolution led to a demand for materials; to be used for factories.
There was a great demand for raw materials for the Americas and European colonies
in Australasia, Africa and Asia.
The Atlantic Slave Trade saw millions of Africans forcibly deported to the Americas.
With the British abolition of slavery in 1833, cheap labour was supplied by Indian
indentured workers.
Gold seekers, mostly Chinese, travelled to gold fields in Australia and California.
Millions of Europeans left poverty ridden lives to seek fortunes in the New World.
They developed agriculture, commerce and industry.
This helped to devastate the cultures and economies of indigenous peoples in the
New World.
The migrants created multicultural societies around the world.
The Influence of the Industrial Revolution
Europe grew in wealth and power and its population drastically increased
The Atlantic slave economy, which grew from the 16th century, helped to provide
Britain with extreme wealth. This lead to it becoming the first industrial nation.
Abolition of slavery meant that capitalists looked for cheap labour elsewhere.
Over 1 billion acres of land in the US, Canada, Australia and Argentina was used for
agricultural purposes.
For Indigenous peoples of the land, their cultures were damaged and a large death
toll arose.
1850 – 1914: 50 million people migrated, half went to the US, others went to
Australia, Canada and Argentina.
Era of Mass Migration
1750 – 1901 was one of the great Diasporas.
(Diaspora – the forced or voluntary
movement of people from their homeland
to new regions)
Enslaved people were taken from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean Islands.
Millions of Indians migrated to indentured labourers.
Free settlers chose when and where to move for a better life.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
