HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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American goods were sold in Europe.
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Enslaved Africans were sold in the Americas.
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European goods were sold in Africa.
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European profits were used to buy plantations in the Americas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement describes the third and final leg of the triangular trade? American goods were sold in Europe. What was one main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s? Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The shipment to Europe of plantation crops and products made from them was the third leg of the triangular trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The third and final stage was the transport of produce from the West Indies back to Britain. Merchants who traded in this way became very rich as they made a profit at each stage of the journey and West Indian produce sold for a very high price in Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -This created a trade network across the continents that became known as the Triangle of Trade. It connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas and saw goods, people, and cultural elements move between the three regions from the 1500s into the 19th century.