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Triangular Trade and the Navigation Acts. Pg. 95-96. Triangular Trade. Settlers in Colonial America engaged in 3 types of trade Trade with other colonies Direct exchange of goods with Europe The Triangular Trade. Triangular Trade. Triangular Trade - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Triangular Trade and the Navigation Acts
Pg. 95-96
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Triangular Trade
• Settlers in Colonial America engaged in 3 types of trade– Trade with other
colonies– Direct exchange of
goods with Europe– The Triangular
Trade
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Triangular Trade
• Triangular Trade– The name given to a
route with three stops.
• The American colonists were a part of the triangular trade routes with Europe and Africa
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Triangular Trade
• Ships would leave the colonies with raw materials and rum bound for England
• They would leave England and take money from sale of goods, rum, and iron to Africa to trade for slaves
• Ships would bring Slaves from Africa to the West Indies
• They would take remaining slaves, sugar and molasses to the Colonies
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Navigation Acts - 1651• The Colonies prospered
from trade• England wanted to ensure
that it prospered as well– Mercantilism
• Navigation Acts1. All Shipping had to be done
on English Ships2. Cash crops could only be sold
in English Colonies3. Colonial Imports had to pass
through English ports4. Any colonial goods not
shipped to England were to be taxed
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Smuggling• England had trouble
enforcing the Navigation Acts
• Merchants ignored them whenever they could
• Smuggling was very common
• England had particular difficulty preventing pirates from interfering with trade