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First European country to set up colonies along the African coast?
The first Europeans to reach West Africa were the Portuguese in the 15th century. Prince Henry the Navigator wanted to cut out the middleman and sent explorers to West Africa to look for gold.
The idea that the power of a country is measured in terms of its gold and silver is called?
mercantilism
What did the Portuguese buy and trade on the Gold coast?
food gold and diamonds
Where there Native American gold miners?
There are native American gold miners in Africa
What countries exported the most slaves to America?
At the height of the slave trade, Africa did not have nationalistic countries as we think of them, today. There were large areas of the continent that were controlled by particular tribes. Originally, most of the slaves came from West Africa, but as the practice spread, West African Tribes began enslaving East Africans and transporting them to the Gold Coast. Eventually, even the slave ships ventured to the eastern coast of Africa, and traded in slave to India and the Middle East as well.
