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What Drove Sugar Trade
What drove the sugar trade? In the late 1600s and 1700s sugar growing took firm hold in the Caribbean. During that time sugar cane spread even further West. Anthropologists tell us that sugar was first grown in New Guienea some 9000 years ago. Sugar cane grows for 15 months then gets cuts down and gets crushed down.
First, Jamaica and Barbados is a good place to make sugar cane. The reason is because they both get a lot of rain. Another reason why I say it is good place is because they have good soil for growing. You really need good soil because if you don't have it then your crops won't grow. Plus the ideal climate for sugar cane has volcanic soil.
Second, reason on who drove the sugar trade is because everyone liked it. As it say in document

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