This book is one of the best sources about this topic. Apr 26, 2018 it is important to note that the triangle trade was not an official or rigid system of trade, but instead a name that has been given to this triangular route of trade that existed between these three places across the atlantic. The three continents formed the points of large triangles, giving the trade routes their name. In new england, colonists used molasses to make rum. Africa, the west indies, and north america in the transatlantic commerce of slaves. All three stages of the triangular trade proved lucrative for merchants. Triangular trade triangular trade refers to the shipping routes that connected. The voyage of slaves in the transatlantic slave trade. Ebook pdf, 820 kb, this textbased pdf or ebook was created from the.
Further, other triangleshaped trade routes existed at this time. Students then cut out 3 pictures and 3 text boxes and paste them in the appropriate places in the graphic organizer to show what was traded by whom. The bestknown triangular trading system is the transatlantic slave trade, that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash. Pdf this paper offers an integrated analysis of the forces shaping. There were numerous triangular paths that ships made to ferry people, goods both raw and finished, and livestock. Mercantilism through the triangular trade student handout. Conquistadors push north dreams of new conquests prompted spain to back a. The second leg often called the dreaded middle passage carried the slaves who had been purchased or captured from africa to the slave markets of the new world. The first stage of the triangular trade involved taking manufactured goods from europe to africa. The slave trade began with portuguese and some spanish traders, taking mainly west african but some central african slaves to the. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book.
Further, other triangle shaped trade routes existed at this time. Early globalization and the slave trade while many are aware of the triangular slave trade among europe, africa and the americas in the 18th century, few people realize that asianeuropean trade was also instrumental in sustaining the exchange of human slaves. The first few pages include maps which illustrate the transatlantic slave trade, and the first chapter describes it in depth. Collect samples of sugar cane, brown sugar, white sugar, molasses, and rum extract to represent rum. Economic specialization and political factors com plicated the picture, creating a far more complex network of production and trade than a simple triangular pattern. As a final exercise, we may try to push the causal linkages even. Triangular slave trade encyclopedia of race and racism 161. Ask students if they recognize all five items and what the items have in common. What was the journey across the atlantic like for enslaved africans. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran. The routes involved were historically also shaped by the winds and currents during the age of sailing ships. Most went from africa to the west indies, where they were trade for molasses. Triangular trade like the columbian exchange, the new world and old world were both connected through this route. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Request pdf the atlantic slave trade debates over the economic, social, and. The colonial shipping trade the triangular trade routes. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water. The history of the abolition of the african slavetrade, vol. Thomas clarkson, the history of the abolition of the african slavetrade, vol. The triangular trade the triangular trade was a system in which slaves, crops, and manufactures were traded between africa, the caribbean, and the american colonies and europe. Triangular trade simple english wikipedia, the free. These routes began in england, where goods were shipped to africa. The name triangular trade or triangle trade was derived from the fact that its route roughly resembled a triangle on the map. British legislation which had taxed all molasses, rum, and sugar which the colonies imported from countries other than britain and her colonies. In 1804, liverpool was the largest slave trading port in great britai.
Okay, so lets take a trip along the triangular trade route and see how this works. Instead, the resources are exported to a third region. Triangular trade usually develops when a region is exporting resources that are not needed in the region from which its main imports come. Triangular trade, when referring to the transatlantic slave trade, was a trade route originating in europe that was used to supply colonies in the new world with slave labor.
The trade route created a triangular shape hence getting the name of the triangular trade route. The huntington library, art collections, and botanical gardens. New york city philadelphia charleston they all had good harbors and grew because of trade. The guns were used to help expand empires and obtain more slaves until. In this triangular trade worksheet, students read a 3paragraph description of the triangular slave trade. Despite ethiopias remarkable involvement in the global slave trade, and. The pattern of trade that involved the movement of labor from africa to the americas to produce goods for european markets is known as a triangular trade. For the third leg, ships full of sugar, tobacco and other products.
The term triangular trade was used to refer to the slave trade which played a significant role in the american history. By the 1780s, about 97,000 slaves a year were being sent to the americas on more than 800 slave ships. The atlantic slave trade springfield public schools. The slavers accepted the losses as business expenses. The 17th and 18th centuries brought upon new methods of trading due to an increase in technology and navigation but most importantly due to a new found demand for labor. Pdf revisiting slavery and the slave trade in ethiopia giulia. The triangular trade, however, was somewhat focused more on slave labor and its fruits. The intercolonial slave trade of british america, 16191807. Using the map on the flipchart, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Triangular trade route, share findings about various legs of the journey as well as work with maps and primary source materials relative to the costs of the slave trade to enslaved africans. This middle passage was a harsh way of transferring slaves from africa to the new world. Translating the cypheringbook tradition to north america. Finally, students will write and deliver a speech about abolishing the slave trade from the.
Africa, in result was affected by this tragedy with depopulation and violence. The act angered the new england colonies, which imported a lot of molasses from the caribbean as part of the triangular trade. Plot the 3 stages of the triangular trade on the map. Epidemics reduced the native population by 50% 90%. Indigo spices gold slaves outward passage the outward passage was a part of the. Plantation agricultureand sugar in particular drove the african diaspora.
The most traveled triangular route began on africas west coast where ships picked up slaves. A native americans dying from new diseases b jamestown was founded c tobacco was cultivated and sent back to europe for trade d columbus landed in the new world. This quiz will test your understanding of this trade system and the items that were involved in. Columbus simply expanded this triangle outwards, and his route became the main way. It received the indiefab book of the year award in 2015 and the choice. The second leg of the route was nicknamed the middle path. The middle passage involved shipping slaves from 2. The atlantic slave trade recognizing effects use a diagram like the one below to list effects of the atlantic slave trade.
Ships carried their prisoners in atrocious environments. Triangular trade apush questions will require you to know the three partners involved in the transatlantic slave trade, the route of trade, the commodities traded, and the consequences of the trade. Early globalization and the slave trade yaleglobal online. The triangular trade route was used by european merchants a true b false 2. Find triangular trade lesson plans and teaching resources. New diseases, crops, people, and cultures were distributed throughout the world. One triangle began with colonial merchants transporting flour, meat, and other provisions to the west indies where they traded these food supplies for sugar that would be carried to england and there exchanged for manufactured goods that they would bring back to the colonies. Triangle trade by geoff woodland goodreads share book. Focus on the slave trade, article and worksheet attached. A display at the old slave mart museum in charleston describes the transatlantic slave trade, which linked africa, europe, and the americas. According to the glce, students will need to describe the triangular trade including the trade routes, goods and the people that were traded, the middle passage, and. Print out in landscape format and have student label which goods came and went from each location.
See more ideas about teaching social studies, social studies and teaching history. Some items traded were rum, textiles, oil, tobacco, cotton, and slaves. The third, and final, stage of the triangular trade involved the return to europe with the produce from the slavelabor plantations. Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. Traders sold captives in port, and the journey was over. Library of congress rare book and special collections division. The triangular trade was a trade route between europe, africa and the new world. A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo.
The slaves were then packed into a boat and shackled down, they were barely fed. In europe, empires were struggling to have a sustainable work force present in the new wo. Sonlight core h, week 3 i had my student draw and label the major items that were leaving each of the three locations. Traders from the americas and caribbean received the enslaved africans. The triangle trade, though morally reprehensible, was integral to the growth of the economies of the united states and great britain. In the colonies, triangular trade was an economic boon. Apr, 2016 wash, wash, wash your hands healthy habits song kids songs and nursery rhymes little angel duration. The triangular trade route answers enslaved worker mahogany sugar guns pottery tobacco cotton beads rice coffee rum shackles note this is a simplified version of trading routes. Triangular trade refers to the various navigation routes that emerged during the colonial period. The triangular trade system moved goods between africa, the caribbean and the american colonies. Use this lesson plan to guide students through the three legs of the route, then evaluate historical significance. Transatlantic trade triangle in which millions of africans were imprisoned, enslaved, and removed from their homelands.
This the triangular trade graphic organizer is suitable for 5th 8th grade. Many of the voyages involved trading at more than three ports while others were between only two ports. This trade, which was carried out between england, africa, and north america, flourished. Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or. The triangular trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, was the trading of goods during the 16th19th century between europe, africa, and the americas. Many ships crossed the atlantic ocean carrying these and other goods to trade between the continents. Rum was one of the few finished goods that were sent. Have students read tom feelings book the middle passage, including the introduction. A triangle shaped trading route that consisted of the colonies slaves, europe materials, africa rum, manufactored materials, and the indies, middle passage. Triangular trade receives its name from the shipping routes that connected europe, africa, the west indies, and north america in the transatlantic commerce of slaves and manufactured goods.
Put the objects in random order on a desk or table in front of the classroom. Pdf on the causes of the african slave trade researchgate. Triangular trade in general is defined as a repetitive trade route involving three ports in a fixed sequence. The americas became part of the global trade network, spurred by the columbian exchange. Some would argue that it truly began the moment columbus stepped foot on hispaniola and they would be right. Sep 12, 2017 triangular trade involves one trader exchanging commodities for a second commodity he can in turn trade with a second partner. Spain claims a monopoly on trade in the north atlantic. It is important to note that the triangle trade was not an official or rigid system of trade, but instead a name that has been given to this triangular route of trade that existed between these three places across the atlantic. The europeans would go to slave posts on the coasts of africa. The transatlantic slave trade began around the midfifteenth century when portuguese interests in africa moved away from the fabled deposits of gold to a much more readily available commodity slaves. The second stage of the triangular trade, the middle passage, involved shipping the slaves to the americas. Nov 14, 2014 discovery ed video on the triangular trade routes and the navigation acts.
Three houses cared for by the trust illustrate different ways in which scotland was involved in the trade. A summary of the triangular slave trade the triangular trade. Columbian exchange columbus traveled back and forth from europe to the americas on these expeditions he brought goods to and from the countries columbus began a vast global exchange that would effect the world because this global exchange began with columbus we call it the columbian exchange. The trading system was a general exchange of manufactured goods, labour, and raw materials through shipments crossing the atlantic. It provides information about scotland and the slave trade, describing how the trade worked and how it benefitted scotland. The huntington library, art collections, and botanical gardens 5 triangular trade lesson plan the trade was more complicated than the name suggests. America africa rum, iron america europe lumber, fish.
The triangular slave trade always began in west africa, where slave ships acquired slaves to transport and sell in the new world. From what you see on the map, define the triangular trade route. Good map for student to use to illustrate the triangular. Between 1505 and 1888, approximately 12 million africans were enslaved and transported to the new world for profit. Over one trade route, europeans transported manufactured goods to the west coast of africa. Understand u students will be able to understand the routes took during the triangular trade, the people and. Teaching students about the triangular trade route can get sticky. Finally, this activity places the slave trade in the context of international trade slavery was one piece of the triangular trade, and it intersects people and goods from around the world. Slaves of caribbean sugar plantations produced molasses that was transported to new. European colonial powers would ship manufactured goods such as textiles, rum, and guns, to west africa, where they would exchange them for slaves. Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source u.
It is then broken up into three sections, and the first and third are incredibly extensive about the transatlantic slave trade that took place in africa and the new. Mural presentations notes sheet, attached essential questions how can art tell a story. Triangular trade in the atlantic ocean triangular trade in the atlantic ocean. The route between africa and the caribbean was known as the middle passage. Finally, students will write and deliver a speech about abolishing the slave trade from the perspective of a u. Learning about the history of the united states of america is an important part of ones education in order to learn how. By the seventeenth century, the trade was in full swing, reaching a peak towards the end of the eighteenth century. B transsaharan slave trade c triangle trade route d transatlantic slave trade 2. A summary of the triangular slave trade the triangular. In the triangular trade, arms and textiles went from europe to africa, slaves from africa to the americas, and sugar and coffee from the americas to europe. Imports the goods that needed to be brought into england from the colonies consisted of raw materials from natural resources found in the colonies such as timber, fur, iron, fish, whale oil, sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton. America africa rum, iron america europe lumber, fish, tobacco europe america manufactured goods, spices.
It began in the early 17th century and was highly profitable. Triangular trade in the atlantic ocean teachervision. The triangular trade route was a trading route between africa, the americas, and europe. Triangular trade thus provides a method for rectifying trade imbalances between the above regions. The triangular trade graphic organizer for 5th 8th grade. A three way system of trade during 16001800s aferica sent slaves to america, america sent raw materials to europe, and europe sent guns and rum to africa. Definition of the triangle trade rum and slave trade. The last leg of that trek, known as the middle passage. Atlantic in search of an alternate trade route to asia and its riches. It is not a definitive list of trade goods, others include indigo, cloth and tea. Many local rulers in the wider region lived offf the taxation of trade routes. For example, europeans produced furniture and tools, while colonists in north america had fish and lumber. Using the internet or books from your school library, research your west african location and answer the following questions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come.