The ‘Atlantic triangle’ (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Atlantic triangle (also known as)
Atlantic triangle (also known as)
Triangular trade
Period of dramatic expansion of transatlantic slave trade
Period of dramatic expansion of transatlantic slave trade
1701-1740
Number of people taken from Africa to N. America (1701-1740)
Number of people taken from Africa to N. America (1701-1740)
Approximately 100,000
Europe to Africa: goods shipped
Europe to Africa: goods shipped
Manufactured goods (cloth, guns, etc.)
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
Transport of enslaved people from Africa to Americas
Americas to Europe: goods shipped
Americas to Europe: goods shipped
Tobacco, rice, indigo, sugar
Year Spain granted Britain the asiento
Year Spain granted Britain the asiento
1713
Asiento definition
Asiento definition
Exclusive right to supply enslaved people to Spanish colonies
Company that managed the asiento monopoly
Company that managed the asiento monopoly
South Sea Company
Annual quota of enslaved people under asiento
Annual quota of enslaved people under asiento
4,800
Number of people transported to Spanish America (1713-1739)
Number of people transported to Spanish America (1713-1739)
Approximately 75,000
Year asiento agreement ended
Year asiento agreement ended
1739
Why did the asiento agreement end?
Why did the asiento agreement end?
War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain