Colonial Trade

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The economy in the American Colonies depended on the trading of goods and services, as well as the demand for such items from Europe and Africa, and the rest of the world. Trade was a profitable business for the parties involved. Each trading partner had unique products that were necessary by the other party to the trade. In order for a trade to take place, you need to have products, trading routes, and trading parties. Traders always looked for ways to make higher profits and so they chose to use and abuse African slaves. The following quote emphasizes how deeply rooted was the slave trade within this whole process: “The misery of the African slaves formed a vital link in the trading system that connected the continents and formed the backbone of the global network of commerce.” (Marques). The following paragraphs will discuss several important aspects of the colonial trade including trading routes, goods and products, and the slave trade.

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Among the food products that were shipped from the Americas to Europe were: sugar, rum, molasses, fruit, tobacco, rice, corn, squash, pumpkins, vegetables, dried fruits, potatoes, beans,spices,and last of all sweets. In addition to food, the colonies also traded for items such as: iron, gunpowder, cloth, tools, lumber, furs, whale oil, indigo, luxuries, furniture, manufactured goods,textiles and last of all cotton. Cotton was shipped to England because it had special textile factories that could convert cotton into clothes. At first, cotton was broken into fibers which in turn were weaved to create the final product in the form of

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