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The Triangular Trade was a route to receive slaves. It got its name from the three routes that formed a triangle on the world map.

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Where did sugar come from in triangular trade?

Brazil. Americas


What did the Americas export to the triangular trade?

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Who suffered the most from the triangular trade?

The slaves being carried from Africa to the Americas suffered the most from the triangular trade.


Who made the triangular trade?

It was the trade between the Americas, Europe and Africa. Triangular = 3 ; there are 3 continents involved.


What countries were in the triangular trade route?

Britain Africa and the Americas


What crop in the triangular trade caused slavery?

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What were the three things traded in the triangular trade?

The three main things traded in the triangular trade were slaves from Africa to the Americas, raw materials from the Americas to Europe, and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa.


What year did the triangular trade start?

The most historically significant triangular trade was the transatlantic slave trade which operated between Europe, Africa and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries.


What is represented by triangular trade?

Triangular trade was a three-stage pattern of atlanic trade that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.


Triangular trade in the 17th and 18th centuries succeeded in?

Triangular trade in the 17th and 18th centuries succeeded in introducing new cultures into the Americas.


Which leg of the triangular trade transported African slaves to the Americas?

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What Countries were involved in the Triangular Trade Route?

Britain Africa and the Americas