1. The Trans-Atlantic Economy
18th c. New World as a Battleground

2. 18th c. Mercantilism Trade helps the nation Obtain gold & silver
Bullion – Gold / Silver
Finite Global Wealth
Exports > Imports
Obtain colonies

3. 18th c. European Mercantile Empires
French
English
Dutch
Spanish
Portuguese

4. Mercantilism: Mother Country & Colony

7. African Slave Trade Why Africans? Natives dead Cheap Labor Experience
Health
Unfamiliar land
Race & Ethnicity differences
Seasoning & Breaking
The Middle Passage

8. African Slavery in Americas
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Race – based
Chattel
Barbados Code 1600s
Sugar Crop = $$$
Rice, Indigo, Tobacco

9. Sugar = $$$$ #1 Cash Crop of the Indies Sweetener Molasses Rum
Labor + Machine
Intensive
Rich Man’s Crop

10. 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