Development of Triangular Trade

What resources did European Nations hope to find in North America?

FranceFrance EnglandEngland

On worksheet What did they

have and How did they get it, write down the natural

resources each European nation

had in their claimed territory.

When you complete the chart, answer

the two questions on the bottom.

Trade between England and its colonies would

lead to economic interdependence

Trade between England and its colonies would

lead to economic interdependence

Economic interdependence is the dependence on another for resources, goods, or

services

Economic interdependence is the dependence on another for resources, goods, or

services

• What natural resources or goods were England’s colonies able to obtain as a result of the triangular trade?

• What natural resources or goods was England able to obtain as a result of the triangular trade?

• How did Africa and the West Indies contribute to triangular trade

• Based on triangular trade were England’s colonies, England, Africa, and the West Indies economically interdependent? Why?– Yes, the colonies received slaves and molasses

from West Indies who received slaves and gold from Africa, England received timber, fur, tobacco, indigo, and rice from the colonies.

– They did not have everything they needed, they were dependent on others to get the products they needed