ANCHORS
AWEIGH
COLONIAL
TRADE
NOTES
Colonial Trade Notes
Objective: How
did England
control the trade
of the American
colonies?
MERCANTILISM
An economic
theory that the
only purpose of a
colony is to create
wealth for the
mother country.
To
England
Navigation Acts
Forced the colonies to trade almost
exclusively with England.
 Raw materials sold to England
 Finished products sold back to colonies.

Triangular Trade

Leg 1: from colonies to Africa – traded rum for
slaves.
#1
Rum
Triangular Trade

Leg 2: dropped off slaves in the Caribbean
– picked up sugar – Middle Passage
# 2. Slaves
Triangular Trade

Leg 3: returned to colonies – sugar and
molasses converted to rum.
#3. molasses,
sugar
Slaves being captured in Africa
Middle Passage
The cargo hold was tiny— a person couldn't even stand
up in it. The air in the hold was hot and stale. The smell
of sweaty bodies and human waste made the air even
more unpleasant.
“Molasses, to Rum, to Slaves.”

Molasses To Rum lyrics
Rutledge:
Molasses to rum to slaves, oh what a beautiful waltz
You dance with us, we dance with you
Molasses and rum and slaves
Who sails the ships out of Boston
Ladened with bibles and rum?
Who drinks a toast to the Ivory Coast?
Hail Africa, the slavers have come
New England with bibles and rum
And its off with the rum and the bibles
Take on the slaves, clink, clink
Hail and farewell to the smell
Of the African coast
“Molasses, to Rum, to Slaves.”
Molasses to rum to slaves
'Tisn't morals, 'tis money that saves
Shall we dance to the sound of the profitable pound
In molasses and rum and slaves
Who sails the ships out of Guinea
Ladened with bibles and slaves?
'Tis Boston can boast to the West Indies coast
Jamaica, we brung what ye craves
Antigua, Barbados, we brung bibles and slaves!
Molasses to rum to slaves
Who sail the ships back to Boston
Ladened with gold, see it gleam
Whose fortunes are made in the triangle trade
Hail slavery, the New England dream!
Mr. Adams, I give you a toast:
Hail Boston! Hail Charleston!
Who stinketh the most?
Middle Passage Sensory Figure

Create a sensory figure for a slave that is enduring the MIDDLE
PASSAGE. Draw the slave and then place thought bubbles
surrounding. Write a sentence for each sense that describes what
he is experiencing.
I see…
I
hear…
I
smell…
I feel…
I
taste…