Slave Trade Vs New Trade Essay

The time between 1650 and 1750, was a bustling moment. New trade was beginning to develop as the thirteen colonies in America was developing. Along with the other colonies in the West Indies, their rapid growth led to new economic bases, differing from the Old World. The Atlantic trade routes established in the mid-1600’s effected the economic development in the British North American colonies because of the staple crops that were being traded, the growing slave trade, and the Colonial-British relationship. In the New World an abundance of raw material and staple crops were essential in their growth. Specifically, in the thirteen colonies in America, the northern colony had an economic base around fishing, shipbuilding, fur trading and lumber. In the middle colonies, their economic base was focused around grain and in the southern colony tobacco and rice. These different crops were essential in the Atlantic trade. Many of these crops became feverishly popular which is why people in America focused their lives to growing them. In the west Indies, with their …show more content…
From Natives, to indentured servants, to finally slaves. In order to support the large plantations, they turned to indentured slaves, due to the expense of slaves as well as natives dying to quickly to disease. However, as the 17th century ended the cost in slaves reduced as the monopoly over them was broken, and the need for a more manageable workforce emerged (due to Bacon’s Rebellion). The answer to their problems were slaves, and slaves were a key factor in the economic development in the North American colonies. The Southern colonies were where most of the slaves from Africa were sent to. The tobacco and rice plantations of the South were essential to their economy and in order to run them they needed the help from slaves. The growing slave trade was not as prominent in the Northern colonies due to the different climate that was more beneficial for small farms than