When the thirteen colonies and Britain were trading good my ship, they would go to Britain get there goods, go to Africa basically kidnap Africans, and bring them back to the thirteen colonies. This process was called the triangular trade. The part were the slaves to taken from Africa to America is called the middle passage.
These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. In this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I.
The Renaissance slowly enabled people to think of themselves as individuals, to have confidence in their capabilities, and to look forward to the fame their achievements might bring. The eyes of the Europeans were opened through the Crusades.