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Our ancestors invented supplies to move around and also for protection another thing they did was how to farm and when was the right time to farm. This led our farmers to plant sugar canes to get sugar which it was first grown in New Guinea about 900 years ago. The first trade was when Guinea carried sugar cane stalks to India. The sugar caused a huge industry because it was a brand new product grown,it also made more labor for the people, and it made the capital make new laws for trading. 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 …show more content…
By this being said people started to own their own acres and boiling house. Then the British would start to sell the slaves for thirty-two pounds and they raised the price as shown in document nine it demonstrates the different prices between the British Caribbean and the West African. The people needed slaves because the work was very exhausting and very difficult. Butalso it made people want to have thier own acres in document seven it gives us examples of the poeple that owned thier own acres for instance Charles Long owned over 14,000 acres in Jamica another person was Robert Hibbret his family owned 1,618 slaves and the British would give him 31,120 pounds in campasion when his slaves were freed. The sugar became very popular because it helped the people out and made them gain …show more content…
In document twelve it informs us that that England passed a whole series of laws dealing with colonial shipping, trade, and the money in 1660. They made this laws so it could make or help the mother country to improve it. By this law the England could buy their material at a very low price. Which also the countries had to send material to them especially the popular product which was the sugar cane. The English would make many new material with the supplies they got which then they would sell the material at a higher price to the other countries and especially England. England had a balance trade which by this more gold and silver came to England which led England to national

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