2) The Atlantic Slave Trade: The Atlantic Slave trade began in the late 1400s and lasted until around the early to mid 1800s. The slave trade was mainly from western African to Europe and the Americans across the Atlantic Ocean. Slavery had a huge impact on the world. The Civil War was a product of slavery that eventually led to the end of slavery in the United States. Since slavery the equality of race movement became big and is still around today. With so many African’s and their …show more content…
Eventually they found ways to successfully found ways to fend off pirates from other nations. Their success eventually made Spain one of the worlds richest countries due to the trade barriers almost every country was dependent on the Spanish. These treasure fleets once the barriers were lifted led the way to the free-trade market seen around the world between nations, and led way to the creation of the panama canal to make trade routes across the Atlantic and pacific ocean quicker and more