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Open Topic notesTopic 2.4 · AP U.S. History
Transatlantic Trade
Explain how commodities, coerced migration, Native exchange, mercantilist policy, consumer demand, and port commerce connected British North America to an unequal Atlantic economy.
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Explain how regional commodities, shipping, credit, and consumer demand connected British North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and Native communities.
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Evaluate the goals and uneven enforcement of mercantilism, the Navigation Acts, customs duties, and the Molasses Act.
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Analyze how transatlantic trade expanded slavery, transformed Native economies and diplomacy, enriched merchants and planters, and encouraged colonial commercial autonomy.
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