UGC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vestment, Mercantilism, Atlantic World
5 Apr 2016
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By the 18th century, slaves made up 90% in the caribbean. The slaves are going to the caribbean because all of the raw materials are growing best in the caribbean (high demand) Affinity for products that relied on sugar (tea) Further exploration and exploitation in the african continent itself. No accident that it is columbus" original landing location that sees the first development as a trans-atlantic colony. Sugar cane introduced to the west indies shortly after 1500, but both the crop and the colonies did not thrive until much later. Incredibly labor intensive and time consuming (didn"t take off until the slave trade kicked off) Sugar business took off the the tea business took off. The primary crop for kingdoms like britain that were growing in the colonies and exporting to europe was tobacco and later on sugar. European kingdoms and countries sought to build up stores of gold and silver using colonies as a method of exploitation.
