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