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Headings: triangular trade
triangular trade
Introduction
First Stage
Second Stage
Third Stage
Other North American Trade

Content: After the journey across the Atlantic Ocean, the enslaved Africans were sold at auction and taken to work in fields and homes throughout the New World. Third Stage
The captain of the ship would take the money made from the sale of the enslaved people and buy goods such as sugar, tobacco, molasses, or other produce. He would fill the ship with the goods and sail back to Europe. There the cycle would begin again. The third side of the triangle also included trade between the North American colonies and Europe. The colonies provided the raw materials that the Europeans needed to make the goods that they would then ship to Africa. Also, in return for sugar, tobacco, molasses, and other items from North America, Europe would send manufactured goods and luxury items to the colonies. Other North American Trade
The 13 colonies would also export items such as rum, gunpowder, iron, tools, and cloth to Africa. The colonies sent fish, meat, flour, and lumber to the Caribbean islands in exchange for sugar and molasses. Print (Subscriber Feature)
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