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AST - Triangular Trade (Founding of The West Indies (Christopher Colombus…
AST - Triangular Trade
The Importance of Sugar
Arrived in Europe, very attractive as was very sweet compared to other food
Cane sugar became luxury commodity in Europe, was only available to the rich, they used it to sweeten coffee, tea and chocolate
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Very expensive, a cash crop
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Sugar Cane
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However to extract the sugar from cane it needed a large amount of people to grow, harvest and process it
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Arawak
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Died as not immune to measles, smallpox and other European fevers
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Bond Servents
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However, work was hard many didn’t make the journey or last the years in the contract
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Harsh conditions were to blame, they had to work from sun up to sun down and diseases like malaria, yellow fever, dysentery, dropsy and leprosy took they toll
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West Africans
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16th and 17th Centuries brought improved standards for living, growing populations and economic change in European towns and cities
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As Europeans explored the Atlantic, new places were discovered that were good for sugar cultivation
Cane was planted in Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands which were all claimed by Portugal
Since Portugal had trade connections with West Africa, when new workers were needed, it seemed natural to look to the African coast
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The Slave Triangle
Stage 1 - Britain to Africa - ships carried trade goods like cloth, metal pots and pans, weapons and guns
Stage 2 - Africa to West Indies (Middle Passage) - enslaved Africans traded with African leaders for goods were taken to the West Indies
Stage 3 - West Indies to Britain - slaves were auctioned off for profits and selling goods, ships also brought back valuable good such as sugar to Britain