USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus brought sugar to Hispaniola in 1493, and the new crop thrived. Over the next century of colonization, Caribbean islands and most other tropical areas became centers of sugar production, which in turn fueled the demand to enslave Africans for labor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The exchange introduced a wide range of new calorically rich staple crops to the Old World-namely potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava. The primary benefit of the New World staples was that they could be grown in Old World climates that were unsuitable for the cultivation of Old World staples.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sugar was the most important cash crop grown in the Americas. It made great money, but took a lot of labor to produce it. The Spanish crown even required that sugarcane be grown before approving land grants. Sugarcane thrived in the Spanish colony of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic, today).

Detailed explanation-4: -Europeans enjoyed their sugar and were causing the inhumane Atlantic slave trade. The conditions for enslaved people on sugar plantations in the Caribbean were especially brutal. Driven by profits, plantations owners saw enslaved labor as a less expensive way to produce sugar.

Detailed explanation-5: -➢ Life for enslaved Africans was hot, sweaty. ➢ Life was also hard and tiring. How did sugar feed slavery? ➢ Sugar fed slavery because the rarity, and love of sugar made more slave owners capture Africans to be used as slaves.