What was the main crop produced on plantations in the Caribbean?
Tobacco
Grain
Sugar
What did the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht facilitate?
Access to Dutch controlled industries in their colonies
A contract to trade enslaved people to the colonies of other European empires.
Shared use of Dutch ships travelling across the Atlantic with goods
Why were so many enslaved people taken to sugar plantations?
To work as servants in the huge plantation houses of the wealthy landowners
Enslaved people were set free once they'd completed five years of field work
Harvesting sugar was extremely labour intensive and required many workers
When the harvested sugar cane was crushed and boiled, molasses was produced as a by-product. What did they use this to make?
Rum
Syrup
Cigars
Why did the juice from the crushed sugar cane have to be processed so quickly?
Trading ships were waiting to ship the sugar to Britain
The juice would spoil within 24 hours
The boiling houses had to make space for the next batch of sugar cane to be processed
What was the main destination for ships loaded with sugar?
London and Newcastle
Glasgow
Bristol and Liverpool
Which island was the richest of all the European colonies in the Caribbean region?
Cuba
Surinam
Barbados
Why was the West India Interest formed?
To encourage tourism to the West Indies
To represent the interests of planters and sugar merchants in Parliament
To increase sugar production and meet the demands of the European market
Which British city sent a petition to Parliament in 1775 in support of maintaining the slave trade?
Bristol
Liverpool
It is estimated that from 1761 to 1807, traders based in British ports hauled 1,428,000 African captives across the Atlantic. Their profits were equal to how much in today's money?
£8 billion
£8 million
£800 million