Transatlantic Trade

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The triangular trade involved

  • A

    Trade among three British colonies (Massachusetts, Virginia, South Carolina) exchanging fish, tobacco, rice, and timber with one another

  • B

    Trade among three European nations (Britain, France, Spain) exchanging luxury goods, textiles, weapons, and bullion across the Atlantic

  • C

    A formal treaty between Britain, Portugal, and the Netherlands setting tariff rules and shipping rights for Atlantic commerce

  • D

    Goods (rum, manufactured items) from the colonies/Europe to Africa, enslaved Africans to the Americas, and raw materials (sugar, tobacco) back

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Explanation

The Atlantic slave trade was central to colonial economies.

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