The Atlantic Trade Networks, also known as the Triangular Trade, consisted of multiple international networks where goods and materials became interchangeable between countries and regions around the world. The Triangular trade amended previous complication involving trade imbalances and created a unified, connected world through the means of trade. The Atlantic Trade created a new global network that drove a new form of a global economic system and impacted multiple countries through the commerce of silver and fur. Silver impacted the countries of China, Japan, and Bolivia while the fur trade changed the economic and social structures of North America and Russia.

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The discovering of North America and Russia’s Siberia resulted in the discovery of a massive population of animals with desirable furs, allowing these regional the opportunity of global commerce. During a time known as the Little Ice Age, Europe's population grew simultaneously and consequently, there became a high demand for furs to keep warm. The brought about an excuse to explore unfamiliar territories in the North America in search of furs. The competitions for furs in North America created rival between European states. The French, British, and Dutch all made claims to the region, but few Europeans actually hunted or trapped themselves. Instead, most Europeans set up trading posts where they negotiated and trading with the Native Americas. The European traded goods unfamiliar to the Native Americans such as firearms and alcohol in exchange for furs and skins. The intense competition resulted in the near extinction of numerous animal species. Native Americans did most of the labor in the fur trade at their own will, making rational market choices to get European goods, creating a new economic trading system. Unfortunately, the fur trade had negative consequences for Native Americans. Contact with Europeans ended up leading to the exchanging of disease and increased tribal warfare, instituted a separation in the Native American social system. Alcohol had a particularly destructive effect on native American society due to its addictive qualities and the Native Americans lack of tolerance, earning its name of Fire Water among the Native American communities. Many indigenous women married European men, helping to foster cross-cultural. Most indigenous women lost social status as a result of European contact, but some found small economic opportunities. The fur trade is what motivated the Russian to move into Siberia as they