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Atlantic economy

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An interconnected economic system spanning Europe, Africa, and the Americas in which goods, enslaved Africans, and American Indians were exchanged through extensive trade networks.

AP course connection

Topic 2.4: 2.4 Transatlantic Trade

Unit 2

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