What Drove the Sugar Trade?
In 1492 Christopher Columbus introduced Sugarcane to the Caribbean. But the first recording of sugar shipment wasn’t until 1317 being shipped to England. Even the Greeks and the Romans knew about what sugar was. By the 1500's a global sugar market was a fairly new thing at the time. In 1655 the British captured Jamaica from the Spanish and eventually became the biggest sugar trader. But with all that has happened what really drove the trade? Sugar was used as a sweetener for tea, coffee, and chocolate. When tea blew up around the world it was used because the caffeine kept people awake. Some even said that with that they got their better ideas. But sugar added to tea gave it such a better taste that the people
In 1492 Christopher Columbus introduced Sugarcane to the Caribbean. But the first recording of sugar shipment wasn’t until 1317 being shipped to England. Even the Greeks and the Romans knew about what sugar was. By the 1500's a global sugar market was a fairly new thing at the time. In 1655 the British captured Jamaica from the Spanish and eventually became the biggest sugar trader. But with all that has happened what really drove the trade? Sugar was used as a sweetener for tea, coffee, and chocolate. When tea blew up around the world it was used because the caffeine kept people awake. Some even said that with that they got their better ideas. But sugar added to tea gave it such a better taste that the people