European countries establish the slave trade in west Africa to obtain
workers for the sugar and tobacco plantations in South America and the
Caribbean, and the cotton plantations in the southern U.S.
Portugal establishes trading posts and the colony of Angola in west Africa.
Age of absolute monarchy in Europe: unlimited power and “divine right”
Portugal, Spain, England, and France establish the slave trade from Africa
to bring workers to sugar and tobacco plantations in South America and the
Caribbean, and later to the cotton plantations in the southern U.S.
wasthe creation of new industries.