CLEP US History I

Category - Economy

From the 16th to the early 19th century, all of the following were part of the pattern of trade known as Triangle Trade EXCEPT:
  1. Weapons
  2. Slaves
  3. Sugar
  4. Potatoes
  5. Rice
Explanation
Answer: D - Triangle Trade did not include potatoes, which grew readily in Europe and the colonies. In Triangle Trade, manufactured goods, including weapons, were sent to Africa from Europe. The ships were then loaded up with newly enslaved Africans, who would be sent to the Caribbean in exchange for sugar or rum or to the colonies in exchange for tobacco, cotton, rice or indigo, which was then sent to Europe.
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