Impact of the Caribbean trade on the British economy Flashcards
(10 cards)
What helped British ports become rich and powerful trading centres
Slave produced goods such as sugar and coffee were imported there
What kind of work was provided at the ports
Sailors, shipbuilders and deck workers
Where did the profits made from the slave trade invested to
Other British industries, particularly banking, ship building and textiles
Who built huge mansions in many of the British cities were they traded
Wealthy colonial families
What is 1 example of of a building constructed using the profits of slave trade
Many important government buildings in British cities
How did Glasgows economy and Lancashire benefit
It benefited glagow from the tobaccoa trade and space cotton provided work for the mills of Lancashire
How did the slave trade benefit Bristol, London and Liverpool
Transformed struggling ports into rich and busy trading ports
