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Figure 11: Britannica Kids, [n.d.]. The triangular trade was the name for the routes that people in Europe, Africa, and the Americas used to trade goods and enslaved people long ago. (Britannica Kids, 2025].
These crops that were planted in the Americas, such as tobacco, sugar, coffee and cotton, could not grow in Europe, therefore the Europeans had to pay high prices for these crops once it has been shipped to Europe (Bottaro, 2013).
Europeans then shipped manufactured good, like cloth, things made out of iron and guns, to Africa, where it was used to buy slaves. This was called the triangular trade, as the shipped then took the slaves to the Americas where they were sold to work on plantations (Bottaro, 2013).
Learner Activity 6: Group work
Watch the video and consider the the content above when answering these questions:
How did the demand for crops in Europe contribute to the growth of slavery in the Americas?
What do you think this trade system tells us about the priorities of European countries at the time?
How do you think the lives of the people in Africa would change if these crops could grow in Europe?
Do you think it was fair for Europeans to trade manufactured goods for people? Why or why not?
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