Triangular Trade

Triangular TradeUnit 2: Age of ColonizationLesson 3{How did colonization harm indigenous cultures of the places that were colonized?

How did colonization affect the economies of European countries?

How did colonization affect the economies of the areas that were colonized?

Last lesson:Why did European countries colonize other parts of the world?What geographic features made some locations appealing for colonization?

What do I need to know before..

Good Afternoon everyone! I hope that you had a fantastic day at school. In todays lesson we are learning about triangular trade and the culture that was built around it. Without the triangular trade routes, colonization really would never had existed. Yesterday we learned about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the horrific conditions that people had to endure and the culture that was built around that trade. Today we are looking at the trade routes and goods that were exchanged in that culture. So, what we need to remember from yesterday was why people colonized other parts of the world (that is the need for natural resources). This branches onto the second question which is what geographic features made some locations appealing for colonization. The questions we need to understand for today is 1. in the impact that colonization had on the indigenous peoples (this touches on the slave trade and the impact on Native Americans and the destruction on ancient Americans. 2. How did colonization affect the economics of European countries (the importing and exporting of goods and how this increased wealth for all Europeans and 3. How did the colonization affect the economics of the areas that were colonized? This touches on how the people were abused but also how the geography of the area was destroyed such as the killing of elephants (almost to extinction) for ivory and the destruction of trees for rubber (to the point of extinction and the death of those trying to collect). 2C&G.1.4 - Power derived from the European monarchs and religion enabled the establishment of political superiority and exclusion of indigenous people and allowed them to enforce new social hierarchies.

E.1.1 - Various European countries competed for natural resources and labor by establishing colonies in Africa, India and the New World.

C.1.1 - European powers justified their domination of people and places around the world with a sense of cultural superiority.Objectives for this lesson:

So, the things we will learn about in this lesson are: 1. How power is derived from the European monarchs and religion enabled the establishment of political superiority and exclusion of indigenous people and allowed them to ensure new social hierarches. 2. Various European countries competed for natural resources and labor by establishing colonies in Africa, India and the New World. 3. European powers justified their domination of people and places around the world with a sense of cultural superiority.

31. How did colonization increase the power of European monarchs and decrease the power of indigenous cultures?

2. In what ways did colonization affect the economies of European and colonized nations?

3. What factors motivated colonization among European countries?Guiding Questions:

The questions we will look at to learn those objectives are: 1. How did colonization increase the power of European monarchs and decrease the power of indigenous cultures? 2. In what ways did colonization affect the economies of European and colonized nations? 3. What factors motivated colonization among European countries?

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Triangular Trade: What Is It?

Alright, so Triangular Trade and what it is It is really how the slaves were exchanged into the Americas (north and south). Like we saw yesterday, the original exchange of trade was just between the English Colonies and the mother land (England) and then we saw that the Spanish who were exchanging slaves between Africa and south America. Once again, once England became involved in the slave trade we see the triangle come into existence. 5Use the link below to see where goods went:http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u3/https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/741C97C4-AD0D-4CDA-AFC5-C32E00C786CE

Trade routes were built off of the original Columbian Exchange routes: England to AfricaAfrica to the AmericasThe Americas back to England

Triangular Trade: What is it?

So a general understanding here is: to have trade, you first have to have colonies, so at this point we already have the established 13 colonies. The Triangular Trade is a term used to describe the trade occurring between England, Africa, and the Americas. The trade fell into the three categories:The raw materials and natural resources such as sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton that were found in the 13 colonies manufactured products from England and Europe such as guns, cloth, beads. Slaves from West Africa, many of whom toiled in the slave plantations. And three those manufactured materials come from the raw materials that were collected from the colonies.

As we learned in the videos and the interactive maps, it was really a give and take relationship. Nothing within the triangle would have existed without one another. These routes were all built off of the original Columbian exchange routes: It went from England to Africa (with manufactures goods), from Africa to the Americas (with slaves and some other goods), and lastly from America back to England (with raw goods). 6The trade routes were pivotal in the success of Europe. The goal was to gain goods not money

They would export goods such as: guns, cloth, furniture, tea, and spices

Import from Americas: timber, fur, iron, fish, whale oil, sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton and rumWhy Trade was Important

So trade was really important for the spread of Colonization. It determined where these colonies would be established and how the different monarchies would invest their fortunes to ensure that trade would continue. The main thing to understand about this trade is that they were not exchanging money or gold, they would exchange goods and people. Goods that were exchange between England the Americas was: guns, cloth, furniture, tea, and spices. America would send out: timber, fur, iron, fish, whale oil, sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton and rum.

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Exchanging of Goods

This wonderful little map shows what goods were coming from where. Make sure you write down what things were going where and that you understand how these goods were either imported or exported. 8The Exchange from England to Africa included iron products, cloth, trinkets and beads, copper, guns and ammunition.

Exchange from Africa to West Indies/America slaves were main exported but other things were exported from Africa including spices, gold, ivory and feathers - but these items were destined for Europe via other trade routes.

All trade was controlled by the East India Trading Company Exchanging of Goods

Read slide91. How did colonization increase the power of European monarchs and decrease the power of indigenous cultures?

2. In what ways did colonization affect the economies of European and colonized nations?

3. What factors motivated colonization among European countries?

Review: Guiding Questions

Alright, thats it The past three lessons really just show how goods were exchanged and how the colonies interacted together. Without one piece the whole system would fall apart. Lets review what we learned today in our lesson: 1. How did colonization increase the power of European monarchs and decrease the power of indigenous cultures? We know that the Europeans gained great wealth from the exchanging of goods. The East India Trading Company really ruled the seas by controlling all trade. Eventually we know that taxes would be included in this trade and is how America was born. The indigenous people were completely taken advantage of by the imbalance of the exchange. What they gave up in natural resources in return for European goods was not equal. 2. In what ways did colonization affect the economies of European and colonized nations? We already answered this question in number one but we know that the Europeans gained great wealth through the exchange of their finished manufactured goods and the wealth they collected from this exchange and taxes. 3. What factors motivated colonization among European countries? We know from our past lessons that the natural resources that were available in a certain area determined where colonies would be built.

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