English+Trade+Laws

__ TRIANGULAR TRADE: __
 * __ WONDERFUL WORDS __** **__ By: Katie Q __**

//-noun//;
//-Dictionary Meaning//: A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa. -//Our Meaning:// An organization where people owned by others and products were exchanged with Africa, Britain, and the Americas. //-Sentence:// One of the routes of the Triangular Trade was exchanging in beef or flour for other goods like sugar.

__ MIDDLE PASSAGE: __ -//noun;// //-Dictionary Meaning:// A voyage that brought millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean. -//Our Meaning:// A journey that transported many slaves over the Atlantic Ocean. //-Sentence:// The Middle Passage was deadly because of diseases that spread throughout the ship such as smallpox. Most slaves didn’t make it to land.

__ MERCANTILISM: __ // -noun; // //-Dictionary Meaning:// A system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade. -//Our Meaning:// A structure of establishing and supporting wealth through accurately handle trade. //-Sentence:// Navigation Acts helped support the system of mercantilism.

Resources: · United States History Book · www.dictionary.com

. **__Quiz: English Trade Laws__** **__By: Taylor Webb__** 1.)Q: What was one of England’s main reasons for founding and controlling American Colonies?

2.) Q: Who was part of the Triangular Trade and what did they do? 3.) Q: What was exchanged for slaves on the West African Coast?

4.) Q: What was the Middle Passage? Pick one: A: Trading system of goods and slaves B: voyage bringing slaves over across Atlantic Ocean C: Movement spreading ideas and logic to improve society D: An act to reduce powers of the English Monarch

5.) What was a common disease that enslaved Africans died from? A: Measles B: Flu C: Bubonic Plague D: Small Pox

6.) When farmers began to use fewer indentured servants, slaves became less valuable. True or False? True False

7.) What word means a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade? A: Mercantilism B: The Navigation Ac C: Triangular Trade D: Healthcare

8.)How long could the Middle Passage last? A: 5 weeks B: 1 year C: 3 months D: 10 weeks

Answer Key: 1.) To earn money from trade 2.) The Americas, Britain, and Africa traded goods and slaves 3.) Rum 4.) B  5.) D  6.) False 7.) A 8.) C  United States History Textbook __**Vital Visuals : English Trade Laws**__ < This picture is just a very generic drawing of the trade system between the Colonists, Britain, and Africa.
 * __By: Jordan Wilfert__**
 * Trianglular Trade-**

< This Picture picture shows the way the trade went and what went where. North America would send tobacco, sugar, raw cotton and furs to Britain. The British would then send goods like Cotton, woolens, metal goods and guns down to Africa. The African countries would then send slaves to North America and the West Indies to finsh off the triangle.

West Indies -> North America: slaves, sugar and molasses; North America -> Europe: whale oil, lumber, furs, rice, silk, indigo, tobacco, sugar, moleasses and wood; Europe -> Africa: guns, cloth, iron and beer; Europe -> North America: manufactured goods and luxuries; Africa -> West Indies: Slaves; Africa -> Europe: gold, ivory, spices and hardwoods; North America -> Africa: rum, iron, gun powder, cloth and tools.


 * Middle Passage-**

The slaves that had to journey from Africa to the West Indies or to the Colonists had very harsh living conditions and not all of them made the whole trip.

Sources- [] [] [] [] Facts · The Navigation Act of 1660 made it so colonists couldn’t trade specific items like sugar and cotton with any country other than England · The triangular trade is the trade between Africa, the Americas, and Britain · In the triangular trade, sometimes they traded rum for slaves · Began shipping slaves to America · Parliament passed a law where all trade goods had to go through English ports, where import taxes were added · Trade was a main way to make money · Traders smuggled sugar, molasses, and rum into other colonies · Most American merchants traded with Great Britain and the West Indies · By importing and exporting sugar and tobacco, American merchants became wealthy
 * To support mercantilism, Parliament passed a series of Navigation Acts between 1650 and 1696

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