The Rise Of Sugar Plantations In British Caribbean From The Atlantic View

In the first half of the 17 th century,Britain gradually controlled the little Antilles and Jamaica.The British who first came to the Caribbean imitated the colonial model of the Spanish,Portuguese and Dutch,and began to establish all kinds of cash crop plantations.However,due to the fluctuation of European market,attempts to grow tobacco,indigo and cotton for profit failed one after another.With the arrival of sugarcane,people suddenly realized that the growers who turned losses into profits continued to expand the planting area of sugarcane,and the British Caribbean islands gradually became sugar islands.From the perspective of the Atlantic,this paper studies the rise of sugarcane plantations in the British Caribbean.It can be found that the rise of sugarcane plantations is not caused by a single factor,but by the interaction of multiple factors within the Atlantic.This kind of interaction not only appears in the reason of its rise,but also in the process and influence of its rise.After the rise of plantations,to a certain extent,it changed the economic and even political pattern in the Atlantic,and had a profound impact on all parties involved in the Atlantic trade.This paper consists of four parts: introduction,text,conclusion and references.The text consists of three parts.The first part analyzes the reasons for the rise of sugarcane plantations in the British Caribbean.People’s demand for sugar,the help of the Dutch and the natural environment suitable for sugarcane growth in the British Caribbean make the British sugarcane plantations grow stronger and stronger.The second part mainly describes the process of the rise of British sugarcane plantations.After solving the problems of sugarcane planting technology and labor shortage,British Caribbean sugarcane plantations reached their peak in the 18 th century.The third part discusses the influence of the rise of sugarcane plantations in the British Caribbean from the perspectives of Caribbean,North American colonies and Britain itself.For the Caribbean,the rise of British plantations was a disaster.The Aborigines were not only robbed and enslaved,but also their lives were precarious.At the same time,the natural environment was also damaged.The product was too single,resulting in the sugar island’s excessive dependence on the outside world.For the British,the prosperity of sugar industry has brought great wealth to Britain.This wealth not only provided financial support for the development of British financial industry and industry,but also formed a West India group of planters,slavers and traders.However,this is not good news for the North American colonies.The West India Group is so powerful in Britain that the British Parliament’s policies are obviously biased.In order to protect the interests of the West India Group,the parliament does not hesitate to damage the interests of the British North American colonies,forcing the residents of New England to buy sugar from British Sugar island at a monopoly price higher than the market level.This also became an important factor in promoting the independence of the North American colonies.