Triangle Trade In 1518

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In 1518, the slave trade grow greatly because of the trade with America. This event became a part of the triangle trade and a new world economy. Triangle trade connected Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Europe would export cloth, guns, and utensils to Africa, then Africa would export slaves to America and sold. America then would sell tobacco and sugar to Europe were they would be sold at markets. Slave were imported because there are new crops were discovered in New World like tobacco and sugar. As a result, slavery increased the status and wealth of the plantation owners. When the New World was discovered, many new things were being introduced to the Europeans like new races of people, new cultures and religions, new animals and