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Exam Connection: The Slave Trade

Part of Trade and Economy — GCSE History

This exam focus covers Exam Connection: The Slave Trade within Trade and Economy for GCSE History. Revise Trade and Economy in Restoration England 1660-1685 for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 4 flashcards. This topic shows up very often in GCSE exams, so students should be able to explain it clearly, not just recognise the term. It is section 6 of 14 in this topic. Treat this as a marking guide for what examiners are looking for, not just a fact list.

Topic position

Section 6 of 14

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8 questions

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4 flashcards

📝 Exam Connection: The Slave Trade

The Royal African Company is significant:

  • Shows how the Crown profited from slavery (James, Duke of York was patron)
  • Links to colonies, triangular trade, economic growth
  • Helps explain why England fought Dutch — competition for trade
  • Beginning of system that would make Britain enormously wealthy

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    Coffee HousesWhy Was England's Economy Changing? — Connected CausationSetting the SceneKey Features of Restoration Economy

    Practice Questions for Trade and Economy

    Which company was founded in 1660 and given a monopoly on the English slave trade?

    • A. The East India Company
    • B. The Royal African Company
    • C. The Hudson's Bay Company
    • D. The Levant Company
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    What did the Navigation Acts of 1660 require?

    • A. All English merchants to pay a tax on goods imported from the colonies
    • B. Colonial goods to be shipped to England on English-owned ships
    • C. The Royal African Company to share its monopoly with other English merchants
    • D. Coffee houses in London to be licensed by the Crown
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    Quick Recall Flashcards

    What was the East India Company?
    English trading company (founded 1600) with monopoly on trade with Asia. Under Charles II it expanded significantly — establishing permanent trading posts (factories) in India at Bombay (part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry in 1661). The basis of England's future Indian empire.
    What were the Navigation Acts?
    Laws (1651, renewed and strengthened 1660) requiring colonial goods to be shipped on English vessels crewed mainly by English sailors. Protected English merchants from Dutch competition and were the direct economic trigger for the Second Dutch War.

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