– 8th period Triangular trade and Erie Canal also started during this period creating a bigger market to produce. Trade between nations on a global scale has changed through our history dramatically with transportation. Concepts that distinguish 1750 – 1900 from previous eras in world history included: industrialization‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism Basically‚ industrialization helped change the production of goods around the world and created new patterns of global trade and production. Transportation
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global transformations began occurring. As Europeans came to economically dominate Atlantic trade‚ their influence over social customs expanded. As Europeans also benefited from the expansion of economic activities into the Americas‚ trade and conquest also brought about social changes. These changes were the cause of increasing economic dominance from the Europeans to the Atlantic world. Economic changes were among the most differences due to new contacts within the new Atlantic world. Particularly
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Indian Ocean Trade around the first century CE. Established by multilingual‚ multiethnic seafarers. Between Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Didn’t play a part in the rise or fall of kingdoms. They are able to figure out the wind and monsoon patterns. Mediterranean sailors use square sails‚ long banks of oars‚ ships are nailed together. Indian Ocean sailors use triangular sails‚ no oars‚ and tied ships. Impact: Africa provides exotic animals‚ wood‚ and ivory. Somalia and Southern Arabia provide
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The slave trade began with the Portuguese and the Spanish taking African slaves to their American colonies. By the 18th century around 6 million Africans were taken to the Americas as slaves. The slave trade went through a process called the ‘triangular slave trade’. This meant that: • Slaves were taken from Africa to the Americas. This was called the ‘Middle Passage’. • Americans then paid for the slaves to the Europeans by giving them rum and sugar. • Finally‚ the Europeans gave the Africans
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How did economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775? (2001) • Economic: o Slavery is cheaper than indentured servitude. o Slave Trade. o Tight packing vs. loose packing. o Large Plantations. • Geographic: o The rise of tobacco o Labor intensive crops o Rice and indigo crops • Social: Dehuminization o Thought they were ‘saving’ the slaves (education‚ religion‚ etc)
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Triangular trade‚ or triangle trade‚ is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. Triangular trade thus provides a method for rectifying trade imbalances between these regions.Atlantic triangular slave trade Diagram illustrating the stowage of African slaves on a British slave ship. Depiction of the Triangular Trade of slaves‚ sugar
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captured Africans to be sold to the Spanish in America. The profits he made in the process were substantial. On returning to England‚ Queen Elizabeth became interested in directly partaking in his next voyage by providing a ship named ‘Jesus’. At times‚ trade in Africa turned out to be profitable‚ while at other times it was the profit in the Americas that stood out. However‚ there were instances when the journeys across the Atlantic would fail as slave ships would be lost at sea. But when all the successes
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The Middle Passage The triangular trade served as the dominant form of transportation of goods from the late 16th century to early 19th century. In the triangular trade‚ Europeans would sail to Africa to sell manufactured goods for slaves. The slaves were then transported to the Americas where they were traded for raw materials. This stretch is what we refer to as “the middle passage.” Finally‚ the raw materials were shipped back to Europe in order to make more manufactured goods. The middle
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The Slave trade and its abolition Slavery which began in the 17th century and lasted until the 19th century it was all about making money. In the quest to achieve making the most amount of profit‚ Britain came up with ways to involve other countries in a trade where each country involved benefited somehow. This is when the triangular slave trade evolved. At this point in time‚ Britain had a very high demand for sugar; everyone wanted this new‚ sweet tasting food. So Britain’s high demand for
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Morgan’s text “The Triangular Trade” is fundamental to the reader’s understanding of the economic result of slavery. Even though exploitation of humans was on an all-time high‚ it leads to being the fertilization of the revolution. Britain sold its manufactured goods to African traders on the West Coast‚ who in turn provided slaves‚ which were then traded to the American colonies for goods and was built into a repeating cycle. Kenneth Morgan’s writing of “The Triangular Trade” demonstrates how the
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