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Causes of change from tobacco to sugar |
Fall in West Indian tobacco prices Need for a cheap sweetener Suitable climate Role of the Dutch |
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Consiquences of the Sugar Revolution |
*Need for bigger plots because the ones used to cultivate tobacco were too small *Cultivating sugar meant more labour so slavers were brought from Africa leading to a decline of whites *the cultivation of sugar increased the wealth of the islands *prices of land went up |
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Monoculture |
The concentration on the cultivation of a single crop. |
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Free |
Meant white |
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Slave |
Meant black |
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Absenteeism |
Owning land in 1 country and living in another. |
