Triangular Trade and the Navigation Acts

Triangular Trade and the
Navigation Acts
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
– The name given to a
route with three stops.
• The American
colonists were a part
of the triangular trade
routes with Europe
and Africa
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 (This was called the Middle Passage)
• They would take remaining slaves, sugar and
molasses to the Colonies
Navigation Acts - 1651
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The Colonies prospered
from trade
England wanted to ensure
that it prospered as well
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Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
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2.
3.
All Shipping had to be done on
English Ships
Cash crops could only be sold in
English Colonies or England
Any colonial goods not shipped
to England were to be taxed
Smuggling
• Smuggling-illegally buying
and selling goods
• 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