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Triangular Trade
1750= trade at its high point between L. America, North America, and Western Europe
slaves from Africa to americas, and raw materials and some goods from americas to europe
prevented heavy industrialization from taking place
goods like cash crops (sugar, tabacco) and minerals -
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Shift in Trade from Indian Ocean to Atlantic
bc Americas were in the loop and trading aand colonized. had a dependent role though, supplying good under the West's watchful eye -
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Independence of North America
no long depended on Western powers
became a global power once entered WWI bc they were supplying both sides with goods= lots of trade and money
on the winning side of every war
beat of Soviet Union in cold war so they were the supreme global power -
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indepenence for Latin America
bc of nationalist ideals, and examples like the French revoution and haitian slave revolt
independent but still economically dependent because no capital
eventually US internieved a lot becase of their fear of communism influencing them
some still dependent (cuba) bc of their reliance on the soviet union so they fell hard when it collapsed
slowly improving today -
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Trade includes Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
because countries such as Japan and China were no longer isolationists due to Western powers interviening so they began to trade everywhere (China=forced/ Japan= chose to so the West wouldn't over take them)