USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which direction did the Triangular Trade operate?
A
Start in Africa, head to the Americas, go to Europe, and return to Africa
B
Start in North America, go to Africa, go to Euorpe and end there
C
Start in Europe, go to North America, go to Africa and stay there
D
Go back and forth between Europe and Africa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There, the slave traders would purchase enslaved Africans by exchanging the goods, then sail to the Americas via the Middle Passage to sell their enslaved cargo in European colonies. Afterwards, the slave ship would sail back to Europe to begin the cycle again.

Detailed explanation-2: -The table’s mahogany veneer, said Keane, probably derived from three-legged trade routes between Africa, New England, and the lands of Central America and the Caribbean, generally referred to as the triangular trade.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Triangular Trade, referring to a system of profitable exchange that encompassed Europe, Africa, and European colonial possessions in the Americas, took place from the 1500s to the 1700s.

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