The accounts of explorers and traders from the Columbian exchange illustrate how the influx of New World crops and resources, coupled with the establishment of the transatlantic slave system, fueled European economic growth and territorial ambition, thereby significantly driving the expansion of European powers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In 1 sentence, use one of the primary sources discussed in this lesson to create an argument about the significance of the Columbian exchange and the transatlantic slave system to European expansion.
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