What started the thriving economical relationship between the northern colonies and the west indies was a handful of weathy people and events. The enabler of this success was Henry Winthrop who his father John Winthrop who was a puritan and later was the founding governor of the Massachusetts bay colony. Henry in 1627 landed on the island of Barbados with the aspirations of being a planter but was short on indentured servants to get the plantation going . During this time many puritans were leaving England for the colonies but many other puritans were going to the Caribbean and setting up sugar plantations which was the main cash crop besides tobacco. With sugar being a huge cash crop and with the many plantations being set up around the Caribbean this started a huge surge of African slaves that were sent over to do the grueling work of working the sugar fields because of the lack of indentured servants.…
The high demand of sugar was one of the biggest reasons that drove the sugar trade. The sugar became so popular when it arrived Europe, the picture in document 3 that made by E. T, Parris, shows that how much people loved sugar, people were actually extremely crazy about sugar at that time. People loved sugar because it made everything taste much better, especially with tea, coffee, and chocolate. The chart in document 5 shows us the increasing of the demand of sugar. From 1700 to 1730, the population of Britain only increased for about 61,000, but the imports of sugar increased from 28,070,000 pounds to 6,862,000 pounds, and the sugar annual consumption increased for 6.5 pounds per person. From this we can clearly see the high demand of the sugar.…
-Everyone traded spices, fruits, seeds crops, metals, medicines, animals and animal products, and art. (Ex: pottery)…
The first of the overwhelming benefits of this exchange would include the production of sugar. From the European and African side of the Atlantic, horses, pigs, goats, chili peppers, and sugar were exchanged. The Americans transferred squash, beans, corn, potatoes, and cacao. Sugar, an originally a rare spice originating from India, but was soon made much more accessible as it was massively cultivated in the Americas. Sugar was greatly valuable as it provided a great improvement to the overall taste of common, household food. This was a huge opportunity to monopolize the cash crop, making certain companies rich corresponding to its country. This is due to the fact of how a monopoly controls a large amount of merchandise; allowing the bargaining with just a single company. This, in turn, gives this company a huge amount of profits; especially when the object being sold is valuable. Plantations were established throughout the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. These plantations needed many workers and when the enslaved native populations started to die off, a new source of forced labor were required. This labor came from Africa, resulting in massive exchanges of African slaves throughout the Atlantic. This exchange was done through the offer of slaves for technology. This led to an increase of power of many African states as their control dramatically rose. This is due to the exchange of the…
In the year of 1764 the Sugar Act has been passed by the British Parliament. This is an act, according to the British Parliament, that will help pay off their war debt that came of after the French and Indian War. This act placed an order on the American colonist to pay taxes for items such as molasses sugar, and other items. Being that we American Colonies had no say in what was to be taxed upon as well as who and how much, we colonist are upset to be taxed without representation! People of our colonies have resorted to smuggling these taxed items in response to this unjust decision! For raiding our homes we bring to you mobs and rebellions. We the people will not stand for this as we are not to be treated as your money slaves! Give me…
Trade happened mainly among royalty. It involved the exchange of dried fish, wool, barley, wheat, and metal goods for sweet-smelling wood and fruit. Then these materials were passed down to lower classes of people who paid for these materials.…
Since the sugar was a a new product it got the attention of everyone. In documant seven it gives an example that "when it was first produced in the West Indies it won the attention and intrests of the englishmen." To add on it was known in England…
The Sugar Act in 1764 increased duties on imported sugar and other items such as textiles, coffee, wines and indigo (dyes). It doubles the obligation to store foreign goods from England into the colonies and also prohibits imports of foreign rum and French wines. The colonists disliked this law because they had to pay double for foreign goods. They showed their dislike by mailing 50 letters to Parliament, eventually getting the law changed.…
Cane sugar was an ingredient that caught the attention of many. Its sweetness was loved among many, and so it was wanted more. Demands grew higher as cane sugar became more popular around the globe. People became addicted to it, just like tea and coffee. “...for, such is the influence of sugar, that once touching the nerves of taste no…
The immediate addiction European citizens developed to the new sweetener drove the sugar trade between Europe and the Caribbean. In order to feed this addiction, slave labor in the Caribbean emerged, taking advantage of the islands which proved to be perfect for the growth of Europe’s newest drug. The population of Europe strongly desired sugar for sweetening imports, especially coffee, tea and chocolate. The citizens craved the sweet taste and demanded to be supplied with more of the drug. The price of slaves, the driving force behind the production of sugar, reflected this love of the sweetener, as the demand for sugar rose so did the price of slaves. But, as the price of slaves rose so did the price of owning and maintaining a sugar plantation…
The first industrial factories were the sugar mills of the Americas. The sugar mills contained sophisticated and organizational systems that can be compared to modern industries and characteristics.…
“How far should the Government go to protect us from ourselves?” (Huffingtonpost.com). That is a question some New Yorkers have been asking themselves since September 13th, 2012, when the New York City board of public health officially put into effect a ban of selling sugary, soft drinks over 16 ounces (about half a liter). This soda ban has divided the city separating residents into two distinct views. Will this new ban benefit New York City and create yet another stepping stone against the obesity epidemic, or is it an unnecessary abuse of power by the government, that is unfair to big corporations and businesses?…
The Portuguese imported enslaved Africans to Madeiras to work on sugar plantations. The success with sugar on Madeiras led Portugal to begin planting sugar on other islands. It went west across the Atlantic to the other…
“Give me some sugar!” When most people hear that phrase, it usually means someone wants a kiss. But in the late 1600s and early 1700s, people want to plant sugar. True, it started some 9000 years ago in New Guinea, but it took a while before the rest of the world caught on. During this time, there was a movement called the sugar trade. Although there were many forces driving the sugar trade, what mainly drove it were the ideal land masses for sugar production, the amount of slaves needed, and the demand for it.…
in 1493, Colon introduced Sugar cane plants to the Carribeans. Cristobal Colon knew that sugar and slave were inseperable and that would bring tremendous profit (wealth) from sugar.…