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Who was involed in the triangular trade?

The triangular trade involved European colonial powers, African traders, and American colonies. European powers traded goods such as textiles and firearms to African traders in exchange for slaves, who were then sold to work on plantations in the American colonies. The American colonies exported raw materials such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton back to Europe.


What statement describes the third and final leg of the triangular trade?

The third leg of the triangular trade involved the transportation of goods, including raw materials and manufactured goods, from Europe to Africa. These goods were then traded for enslaved Africans. The enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas to be sold as laborers on plantations.


Why do people call the slave trade the triangular trade?

The reason it was called this was because of the trade route used for slavery. Ships went to Africa to pick up slaves from local tribes then travelled to America to sell the slaves to plantation where they picked up crops such as tobacco & sugar, then crossed the Atlantic again to sell the goods in London. If you plot these 3 countries and the route travelled on a map you create a triangle. Hence the Golden Triangle or triangle trade route.


What did the triangle trade do to the slaves?

The triangular trade involved the transportation of slaves from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations. Slaves were subjected to inhumane treatment, harsh working conditions, and brutal punishments. Many lost their lives due to the difficult and brutal conditions they were forced to endure.


What crop in the triangular trade caused slavery?

The crop that primarily drove the transatlantic slave trade was sugar. The demand for sugar in Europe led to the establishment of large plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas, which required a large labor force to cultivate and harvest the crops, thus leading to the widespread use of African slave labor.

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