AP U.S. History / Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754
2.4 Transatlantic Trade
Notes
Mercantilism: colonies exist to enrich the mother country. Navigation Acts required colonial trade to go through England.
- The triangular trade linked Europe, Africa and the Americas (goods, enslaved people, raw materials).
Practice
Mercantilism held that colonies should:
Benefit the empire.
The Navigation Acts:
Trade control.
The Middle Passage was:
Part of the triangular trade.
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