1. Triangular Trade Routes 1700’s

2. Triangular Trade Routes • During the 1600s and 1700s, people who lived on the continents of Europe, Africa, and North America all had products that the others needed. For example, Europeans produced furniture and tools, while colonists in North America had fish and lumber. Many ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean carrying these and other goods to trade between the continents. The three continents formed the points of large triangles, giving the trade routes their name.

3. Map of Triangular Trade Routes • http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u3/index.html#top

4. England Trade • A typical shipment of goods from Great Britain would consist of any or all of beads, cloth, hardware, rum, salt, or weapons. The shipment would go to Africa, where the goods would be traded for people who were enslaved.

5. African Trade • A ship leaving Africa for America would contain hundreds of enslaved people, tightly packed in horrific conditions for the journey to their new "home."

6. Once in America, the ship would unload the slaves and take on any or all of molasses, rum, sugar, or tobacco and then head to Great Britain, completing the Triangle.

7. Map • Triangular Trade

8. Basics • It was called the triangular trade because of the triangular shape that the three legs of the journey made. • The first leg was the journey from Europe to Africa where goods were exchanged for slaves. • The second, or middle, leg of the journey was the transportation of slaves to the Americas. It was nicknamed the 'middle passage.' • The third and final leg of the journey, was the transport of goods from the Americas back to Europe.