SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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raw materials
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manufactured goods
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laborers (slaves)
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The triangular trade was the trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Raw materials like precious metals (gold and silver), tobacco, sugar and cotton went from the Americas to Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Triangular trade benefited European nations because it opened new markets for their own goods while also enabling them to obtain trade commodities that could be exchanged for goods produced in the West Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Atlantic Slave Trade was the basis for the Triangular Trade. Captured inhabitants of Africa would be sent and sold to the New World along the most profitable leg of the journey.
Detailed explanation-4: -European ships would travel to West Africa carrying manufactured goods to which Africans had no access: worked metal, certain types of clothing, weapons. Once there, as payment they would demand people captured for slavery, who would be loaded onto crowded ships and transported to the Americas.