African Enslavement in the British Caribbean

The sugar revolution can best be described as

• The decline of tobacco production

• A profitable crop to be exported to European markets

• The introduction of large scale sugar production and the effects of the change from tobacco to sugar

• The change from one production to another

Why were the Dutch held most responsible for the sugar revolution?

(1) They were responsible for the introduction of sugar cane in the British and French colonies.

(ii) The Dutch expertise and capital investments.

(iii) The Dutch had Slaves,

(iv) They also had knowledge of sugar cane cultivation

• i only

• i, ii, iv

• iii, iv

• All the above

In which Caribbean island was sugar can first introduced?

• Jamaica

• Hispaniola

• Cuba

• Bahamas

In what year did the Dutch West Indian Company established themselves as a major treading station in the New World?

• 1621

• 1523

• 1618

• 1624

Which was the most significant contribution of the Dutch towards the Caribbean Sugar revolution

• providing the initial capital.

• Provide Shipping

• Provided enterpernal knowledge

• Provided Slaves

One of the major social effects of the Suagr revolution

• increased possibility of revolts

• more profitability for planters

• spread of Christianity

• increased use of Alternative sources of labour

In Barbados the landholdings tended to be smaller

than those on the other islands.

• True

• False

The Spanish

brought slaves from West Africa to the West Indies

at the rate of about 3000 per year. It has been said

that the Spanish made the West Indies black. At

• True

• False