CHAPTER 10
LESSON EIGHT: COLONIES AS A PROFIT CENTER
In this lesson, we take a big picture look at the flow of people and goods within the Triangular Trade. The central role that unpaid and unfree African workers played in the extraordinary economic success of the colonies will be discussed. We will learn about the growing importance of the colonies, and of the American colonies in particular, in British economic wealth and power. We will also look at the growth in population in the 13 colonies from the early 1600s to the late 1700s and evaluate the demographics of this population.
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