FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Europeans enslaved African people and brought them to American colonies to work.
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Europeans captured in wars were forced to work on ships sailing to American colonies.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The transatlantic slave trade was essentially a triangular route from Europe to Africa, to the Americas and back to Europe. On the first leg, merchants exported goods to Africa in return for enslaved Africans, gold, ivory and spices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mercantilism led to the emergence of what’s been called the “triangular trade”: a system of exchange in which Europe supplied Africa and the Americas with finished goods, the Americas supplied Europe and Africa with raw materials, and Africa supplied the Americas with enslaved laborers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements best describes the triangular trade system produced by the Atlantic slave trade? The middle part of the trade included traders carrying African slaves to the West Indies and exchanging slaves for sugar.
Detailed explanation-4: -The triangle, involving three continents, was complete. European capital, African labour and American land and resources combined to supply a European market. The colonists in the Americas also made direct slaving voyages to Africa, which did not follow the triangular route.