SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT true of the period of exploration?
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The Spanish gained control of large portions of Central and South America.
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The French gained control of a lot of North America, including the Mississippi River basin.
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The British set up its first colony in North American at Jamestown.
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The Dutch gained control of most of the islands in the Caribbean, setting up many sugar plantations.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. For historians of the Caribbean, the “sugar revolution” usually means the seventeenth-century introduction of the whole plantation complex into the eastern Caribbean, including its technology, institutions, and the African slaves to do most of the work.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sugarcane both founded and colonized the Caribbean. It arrived on Columbus’ second voyage in 1493. The first known sugar cane mills in the region began operating in 1506 in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, while the English began producing sugar in Barbados in 1627.
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