Date
Barron/Period
The Columbian Exchange
When Europe sent over good and diseases to
America and America sent things back.
The Triangle Trade
Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
where they traded goods.
First Leg
Europe
to
Africa
Sent:
Iron, cloth, rum,
and weapons
Second Leg (Middle Passage)
Africa to
the
Americas
Sent:
Enslaved persons and gold
Route 3 (Third Leg)
Americas to
Europe
Sent: Raw Materials
Rice, tobacco, indigo, furs
• 1st it was the Native Americas –
– lacked immunity
– Knew the land and would escape
• Europeans could use Africans they
bought at trading post.
Why did African Nations participate
in Slave Trade?
• Huge profit
• Ability to weaken rival tribes
• Africans (Caboceers) would
enslave other Africans for
Europeans.
How did slaves resist?
In the Americas, enslaved
Africans escaped and
formed runaway
communities.
Africans led revolts aboard slave
ships –(Amistad and the Creole)
What impact did Slave Trade have
on Africa?
• 16 Million Africans sent to New World (1020 million died connected to slave trade)
• Constant Warfare
• Families separated
• Map of Africa is in front of
Textbook page R30
How was Africa affected by trade?
Triangular Trade’s effect on Africa:
→ Robbed West African
societies of their population;
young people gone!
→ Increased warfare among
Africans: One tribe against
another.
→ Gave rise to RACISM
People falsely believing their race is
superior to others
Lesson 6 – Triangular Trade
Essential Question
What items were carried on each leg of
the Triangular Trade routes?
Answer