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Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
The expeditions to the Americas launched by
Columbus launched a vast global exchange of goods. – *This is the Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
The expeditions to the Americas launched by
Columbus launched a vast global exchange of goods. – *This is the Columbian Exchange
Goods that were exchanged
• People
• Plants
• Animals
• Technology
• Diseases

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
• People
• Plants
• Animals
• Technology
• Diseases
From the Old World
Europe
Africa
Asia
Wheat
Onions
Apples
Carrots
Horses
Cattle
Radishes
Watermelon
Coffee
Rice
Sugarcane
Mangoes
From the New World
North America
Central America
South America
Sunflowers
Corn
Avocadoes
Peppers
Beans
Cocoa
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Peanuts

From the Old World
Europe Wheat
Onions
Apples
Carrots
Horses
Cattle
Africa
Asia
Radishes
Watermelon
Coffee
Rice
Sugarcane
Mangoes
Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
From the New World
North America
Central America
South America
Sunflowers
Corn
Avocadoes
Peppers
Beans
Cocoa
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Peanuts
*By the 1700s, corn, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes were contributing to population growth in Europe.
People began migrating to the
Americas.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*By the 1700s, corn, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes were contributing to population growth in Europe.
People began migrating to the Americas.
European diseases killed up to 80% of Native
American populations.
*Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*By the 1700s, corn, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes were contributing to population growth in Europe.
People began migrating to the Americas.
European diseases killed up to 80% of Native
American populations.
*Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.
*Mercantilism was the belief that a nation’s power depended on the ownership of gold and silver.
European countries established colonies to acquire gold and silver.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
European diseases killed up to 80% of Native
American populations.
*Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.
*Mercantilism was the belief that a nation’s power depended on the ownership of gold and silver.
European countries established colonies to acquire gold and silver.
*In addition to mining for gold and silver,
European countries imported natural resources such as lumber, crops, and exported finished goods.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*Mercantilism was the belief that a nation’s power depended on the ownership of gold and silver.
European countries established colonies to acquire gold and silver.
*In addition to mining for gold and silver,
European countries imported natural resources such as lumber, crops, and exported finished goods.
Mercantilism laid the foundation for capitalism.
Individuals formed joint stock companies. *A joint stock company is a privately owned company that sells stock or partial ownership in the company to investors.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*In addition to mining for gold and silver,
European countries imported natural resources such as lumber, crops, and exported finished goods.
Mercantilism laid the foundation for capitalism.
Individuals formed joint stock companies. *A joint stock company is a privately owned company that sells stock or partial ownership in the company to investors.
*Joint stock companies were sometimes given charters to establish settlements in the New World.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
Mercantilism laid the foundation for capitalism.
Individuals formed joint stock companies. *A joint stock company is a privately owned company that sells stock or partial ownership in the company to investors.
*Joint stock companies were sometimes given charters to establish settlements in the New World.
*Triangular Trade describes the system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*Joint stock companies were sometimes given charters to establish settlements in the New World.
*Triangular Trade describes the system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
*Starting in the 1500s a large scale slave trade started to fill the need for labor in the American tobacco and sugar plantations.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*Joint stock companies were sometimes given charters to establish settlements in the New World.
*Triangular Trade describes the system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
*Starting in the 1500s a large scale slave trade started to fill the need for labor in the American tobacco and sugar plantations.
Slave traders captured people from the African interior and brought them to coastal trade posts.

Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade
*Triangular Trade describes the system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
*Starting in the 1500s a large scale slave trade started to fill the need for labor in the American tobacco and sugar plantations.
Slave traders captured people from the African interior and brought them to coastal trade posts.
*By the 1800s, an estimated 11 million enslaved
Africans had reached the Americas. Another 2 million probably died during the Middle Passage.
*The slave trade caused the decline of some
African states.