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Triangular Trade – Goods from England The goods that needed to be brought into the colonies from England included manufactured products such as guns, cloth, furniture and tools. Other items such as tea and spices were also sent to the colonies.
Trade in the Colonies of New England Items used for trade in the New England colonies Fish, whale products, ships, timber products, furs, maple syrup, copper, livestock products, horses, rum, whiskey and beer.
As more traders began using “triangular trade,” demand for colonial resources rose, which caused two tragic changes in the economy: More and more land was required for the collection of natural resources, resulting in the continuing theft of land from Native Americans.
Lumber, wool, iron, cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo were among the products needed in England. British manufacturers in the meantime needed markets for the goods they produced. The American colonies bought their cloth, furniture, knives, guns, and kitchen utensils from England.
West Africa – the European shipment was traded for slaves for work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean or tobacco or hemp plantations in American colonies in the south. Caribbean or American Colonies – the slaves were traded for sugar, molasses, rum and tobacco to ship back to England.
New England also made rum from Caribbean sugar and molasses, which it shipped to Africa as well as within the New World. Yet, the “triangle trade” as considered in relation to New England was a piecemeal operation.
Colonial Trade Routes and Goods The colonial economy depended on international trade. American ships carried products such as lumber, tobacco, rice, and dried fish to Britain. In turn, the mother country sent textiles, and manufactured goods back to America.
Caribbean or American Colonies – the slaves were traded for sugar, molasses, rum and tobacco to ship back to England. Such trade circle was long and could take an entire year to complete. The leg of the trade between Africa and American or Caribbean colonies became known as the infamous “Middle Passage”…