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How were the first and second legs of the triangular route different?
The first part of the journey from Europe to Africa where the traditional goods were exchanged for the slaves. - The second leg was the transportation of slaves to the Americas.
Who controlled African slave trade?
It was a trading triangle:- Goods were sailed to West Africa and exchanged for slaves. The slaves were sailed to America and exchanged for tobacco, sugar and cotton. Tobacco, sugar and cotton were sailed to Europe and exchanged for money The money was used to purchase more goods to be sailed to Africa. Profit was taken out at each point in the triangle by the most money was made at the third point when goods form the Americas came back to Europe. That said the slave trading kingdoms in Africa became quite prosperous too as did the American plantation owners.
The term triangular trade referred to the exchange of?
goods, slaves, and commodities between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries. Europe sent manufactured goods to Africa, where they were exchanged for slaves who were then transported to the Americas to work on plantations. The products from the plantations, such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton, were then sent back to Europe.
How did the slave trade triangle work?
The triangular trade involved three main trade routes: Europe to Africa (guns, cloth, and other goods exchanged for slaves), Africa to the Americas (Africans forcibly transported as slaves), and the Americas to Europe (raw materials like sugar and cotton sent back). This cycle continued with goods and slaves being traded among these regions.
What were the slaves exchanged for in americ?
trade goods for the salves trade
What were exchanged for the slaves?
the slave were sold for goods such as gold etc
Why was the slave trade called Triangular trade?
It was called the triangular trade because of the triangular shape that the three legs of the journey made.The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves. The second, or middle, leg of the journey was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. It was nicknamed the 'middle passage. The third and final leg of the journey, was the transport of goods from the Americas back to Europe.
How did people exchange in ancient communities?
They either exchanged goods of equal value, or exchanged goods, slaves etc for an agreed amount of cash.
Who exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
Raw materials like precious metals (gold and silver), tobacco, sugar and cotton went from the Americas to Europe. Manufactured goods like cloth and metal items went to Africa and the Americas. Finally, slaves went from Africa to the Americas to work. This trade created great profits for Europe.
What did England sell to Africa during the slave trade?
Slaves from Africa to America, Cotton and Sugar from America to Europe, Textiles and manufactured goods to Africa.
What did the empires of west Africa trade?
They took textiles and iron goods made in Europe and paid for these in slaves.
What did the europeans send to Africa during the triangular trade?
In the triangular trade route, there were 3 main points of trading- Africa, Europe, and America. Manufactured goods went from Europe to Africa, slaves went from Africa to the Americas, and luxury goods from the Americas to Europe.
