sugar revolution
The Effects that the Sugar Revolution had on the 18th century Caribbean Society
The Sugar became population in the West Indies. The English, French colonies who settled Caribbean island such as St.kitts in the early 16th grew tobacco in order to make money. For a little while they were able to make the profit. However by 1640’s the faced different competition from tobacco grower in virgina had certain advantages which are virgiana had large lots of fertile land. Virginia tobacco was cheaper and the quality was better. The English and French colonists found themselves in quandary as virgana tobacco was out selling their tobacco which meant they earned less money. Tobacco prices fell. the abundance of tobacco governs caused a glut on the markets tobacco production suppressed the customer base. The English and French settles realized that they needed as new cash crop and sugar was chosen due in European, honey was hard to access and it was expensive. Sugar was becoming popular as sweenter in Europe. And also the dutch were willing to assist them in delevoping a sugar industry by providing capital, credit, slaves and expertise. The adoption of sugar cane as the new cash crop caused far reaching changes in the british and French colonies. These changes were so dramatic that they were termed the ‘Sugar Revolution’ which mean the changover of cash crop from tobacco to sugar which caused widerspread changes in the colonies socially, economically, demographically and plotically.The sugar revolutions were both cause and consequence of the demographic revolution. Sugar production required a greater labor supply than was available through the importation of European servants and irregularly supplied African slaves. At first the Dutch supplied the slaves, as well as the credit, capital, technological expertise, and marketing arrangements. After the restoration of the English monarch following the Commonwealth (1642-60), the King and other members of the royal family
The Sugar became population in the West Indies. The English, French colonies who settled Caribbean island such as St.kitts in the early 16th grew tobacco in order to make money. For a little while they were able to make the profit. However by 1640’s the faced different competition from tobacco grower in virgina had certain advantages which are virgiana had large lots of fertile land. Virginia tobacco was cheaper and the quality was better. The English and French colonists found themselves in quandary as virgana tobacco was out selling their tobacco which meant they earned less money. Tobacco prices fell. the abundance of tobacco governs caused a glut on the markets tobacco production suppressed the customer base. The English and French settles realized that they needed as new cash crop and sugar was chosen due in European, honey was hard to access and it was expensive. Sugar was becoming popular as sweenter in Europe. And also the dutch were willing to assist them in delevoping a sugar industry by providing capital, credit, slaves and expertise. The adoption of sugar cane as the new cash crop caused far reaching changes in the british and French colonies. These changes were so dramatic that they were termed the ‘Sugar Revolution’ which mean the changover of cash crop from tobacco to sugar which caused widerspread changes in the colonies socially, economically, demographically and plotically.The sugar revolutions were both cause and consequence of the demographic revolution. Sugar production required a greater labor supply than was available through the importation of European servants and irregularly supplied African slaves. At first the Dutch supplied the slaves, as well as the credit, capital, technological expertise, and marketing arrangements. After the restoration of the English monarch following the Commonwealth (1642-60), the King and other members of the royal family