The Trans-Atlantic Economy 18th c. New World as a Battleground
18th c. Mercantilism Trade helps the nation Obtain gold & silver Bullion – Gold / Silver Finite Global Wealth Exports > Imports Obtain colonies
18th c. European Mercantile Empires French English Dutch Spanish Portuguese
Mercantilism: Mother Country & Colony
African Slave Trade Why Africans? Natives dead Cheap Labor Experience Health Unfamiliar land Race & Ethnicity differences Seasoning & Breaking The Middle Passage
African Slavery in Americas Triangular Trade Middle Passage Race – based Chattel Barbados Code 1600s Sugar Crop = $$$ Rice, Indigo, Tobacco
Sugar = $$$$ #1 Cash Crop of the Indies Sweetener Molasses Rum Labor + Machine Intensive Rich Man’s Crop
Essay Practice In what ways did 18th c. Mercantilism affect Europe, Africa and the Americas? Write a Thesis and Intro ¶ Think both short and long term