English+Trade+Laws

Vocabulary

Mercantilism- noun- A system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade. “The mercantilism system helped bring wealth to my country.”

Triangle Trade- noun- A system in which goods and slaves were traded among Britain, Africa, and the America’s. “The triangle trade brought wealth to our plantation, trading products for slaves.”

Middle Passage- noun- The slave trade brought millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean in a voyage called the middle passage. “Many slaves traveled on the middle passage.”


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 * This picture is showing the triangular trade route between Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and North America where goods and slaves were traded with Americans. **


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 * The picture shows one thing that they traded among the countries. **


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 * The picture shows something else that they traded, which is molasses. **

Summary A main reason America was founded was for its trade. Many people made lots of money off trading around the colonies and the world. People made the money with a system called mercantilism which creates and maintains wealth through carefully controlled trade. To make more money Britain passed Navigation laws which limited colonial trading. The navigation act of 1660 is an example of limited trading where the colonies could not trade sugar or cotton with any other country but England. Later the colonists disliked the navigation law so they started smuggling or illegal trading with other countries. The thirteen colonies started the triangle trade which involved America, Great Britain, and Africa where they traded goods and slaves. The middle passage was a voyage which brought millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean in exchange for Rum and Molasses. That is some stuff that happened with the English trade laws.

Fantastic Facts

The triangle trade was a system in which goods and slaves were traded among America, Britain, and Africa.

Navigation acts limit colonist trade.

Some products merchants got wealthy off of were sugar and tobacco.

The Molasses act of 1733 placed duties on molasses, rum, and sugar.

The middle passage brought over brought over millions of Africans to America.

They fit as many saves as they could on one ship for greater profit.

Most of the slaves died from smallpox.

Slaves were more valuable to farmers because they worked there whole lives.

One of England’s main reasons for controlling its American colonies was for earning money.

Likeable Links [] This site gives a very clear explanation of what the middle passage was like. You can really understand what it would feel like to be one of the slaves on the journey. [] This site really helped me understand where the triangular trade happened and what kind of goods were involved. [] This site gives many details about the Navigation Act and what were involved in those. There were lots of laws for trading.

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 * 1) What was the law called that limited colonist trade?
 * 2) What was the trade system called between Britain Americas and Africa?
 * 3) What two products did the merchants come wealth off of?
 * 4) What was the act called that put duties on rum, sugar, and molasses?
 * 5) What was the slave trade called that brought millions of Africans to America?
 * 6) How many slaves were put on one ship to America?
 * 7) What did most of the slaves die from?
 * 8) Why did slaves come so much more valuable to farmers?