Well, once the Americas were discovered and the colonist found that the soil was agreeable to grow different crops such as tobacco and cotton the colonists realized that they needed people to pick the crops. Originally indentured servants did the hard labor but then when they found that they could get labor by trading goods with African tribal leaders they resorted to importing Africans to the Americas as labor. The tribes in Africa were constantly fighting and whichever side won the losers became the slaves of the winning tribe. However, as Europeans brought valuable things to the continent of Africa such as weapons, salt, gold, and other things the leaders of the winning tribe would give their slaves to the Europeans. There were cases when Blacks captured other Blacks in Africa for the sole purpose of giving them to the European traders. Hopefully this helps. If you haven't see the movie La Amistad, it will explain in more detail what I have written. I learned a lot from that movie. I must warn you the first 5 to 10 minutes are a bit gory. I had a hard time watching that part.
Not everything is what it seams at first, the world is a dark place and this was going on under people's noses and they realise the extent of it ontill ofterwards
Neither, because the power dynamic shifted between the church and the kings.
In the Middle Ages, the powerful figures in the church and royal families competed for authority. A key example would be the investiture controversy between Holy Roman Emperors and the papacy during the 11th and 12th centuries. "Investiture" (from Latin) refers to putting someone "in the robe" or vestments of clergy. Reforms instituted during the tenure of Pope Gregory VII (in office 1073 - 1085) aimed to remove secular rulers' authority to appoint bishops within their territories, and have all control of appointment to church offices held by the church's leadership. Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV had a famous struggle with each other over that issue, and the struggle continued between their successors as emperor and pope.
A similar struggle took place at the end of the 13th century and first years of the 14th century, between King Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII. Philip was seeking tax revenues from the clergy and the lands they controlled in France, and the pope vehemently opposed this. Boniface issued a famous papal bull,<em> Unam Sanctam,</em> threatening Philip with excommunication. In response, Philip went as far as sending soldiers to Rome to attack the pope.
So, you can see that powerful popes and kings vied with one another during the medieval era.
It was Britain, France, and Spain that primarily founded settlements in North America, although the Spanish motivation was slightly different than that of Britain and France in that it purely sought to extract gold and other riches from the area.
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Explanation: Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th U.S. president. He was born in 1822 in Ohio and started to worked in his father's tannery at a young age.
In 1868 Ulysses was elected U.S. president. As president, he worked to protect rights of American Indians and African-Americans. He also tried to help the hurting economy.
