WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first part of the triangular trade, Europeans traded cloth, guns, and other goods for slaves from Africa. The slaves then were sent on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that was called the Middle Passage because it was the second of three parts of the slave trade.

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: -Rum and manufactured goods taken by New World merchants to Africa were sold in exchange for enslaved people. These slaves were taken to the New World and sold. Slavers used the proceeds to buy mahogany and molasses, and the cycle continued onward.

Detailed explanation-4: -These export goods included sugar, molasses, tobacco, cotton, furs, and other raw materials. The ship then returned to Europe to complete the triangle and the cycle continued. Each continent was undeniably impacted by this triangular trade network. Millions of Africans were captured and sent across the world.