Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 27: Sugar
Go to Questions
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Answer Key
1. Cats have no sweet tooth.
2. Sugar was rare and an expensive commodity in Europe in the 17th century.
3. Sugar was first domesticated in New Guinea.
4. Christopher Columbus in 1493 introduced sugar in the New World.
5. Barbados was the first New World colony in sugarcane plantations.
6. 3 million people died during the Middle Passage.
7. 15 million were sold to slavery in West Africa.
8. Sugar by the 1750 was the most valuable commodity in international trade
9. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was the name of the book that talked about the terrible nature of slavery.
10. The slave trade was outlawed in Britain in 1807.
11. Slavery was abolished in Britain in 1834.
12. The French abolished slavery in 1844.
13. American colonists were importing molasses from West Africa.
14. American colonists imported molasses to create American rum.
15. Slave traders use American rum as currency.
16. New England rum distillers began to buy molasses from French sugar refiners in the Caribbean because France imposed a ban on the distilling of rum in their colonies to protect their own brandy makers at home.
17. The Molasses Act was passed in 1733.
18. The Sugar Act was imposed in 1764.
19. Brazil is the largest sugarcane grower in the world.
20. In 1804 Saint-Dominque was established as the Republic of Haiti.
21. French sugarcane planters moved from Saint-Dominique to Cuba and Louisiana.
22. Haiti had been one of the largest sugar producers in the Caribbean and one of the wealthiest.
23. In 1886 slavery was abolished in Cuba.
24. American Sugar Refining Co. controlled most of the sugar from Cuba.
25. Cuba became independent from Spain in 1898.
26. The American military left Cuba in 1903.
27. In 1959 Fidel Castro led the Cuban Revolution.
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 27: Sugar
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. Cats have no sweet tooth.
2. Sugar was rare and an expensive commodity in Europe in the 17th century.
3. Sugar was first domesticated in New Guinea.
4. Christopher Columbus in 1493 introduced sugar in the New World.
5. Barbados was the first New World colony in sugarcane plantations.
6. 3 million people died during the Middle Passage.
7. 15 million were sold to slavery in West Africa.
8. Sugar by the 1750 was the most valuable commodity in international trade
9. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was the name of the book that talked about the terrible nature of slavery.
10. The slave trade was outlawed in Britain in 1807.
11. Slavery was abolished in Britain in 1834.
12. The French abolished slavery in 1844.
13. American colonists were importing molasses from West Africa.
14. American colonists imported molasses to create American rum.
15. Slave traders use American rum as currency.
16. New England rum distillers began to buy molasses from French sugar refiners in the Caribbean because France imposed a ban on the distilling of rum in their colonies to protect their own brandy makers at home.
17. The Molasses Act was passed in 1733.
18. The Sugar Act was imposed in 1764.
19. Brazil is the largest sugarcane grower in the world.
20. In 1804 Saint-Dominque was established as the Republic of Haiti.
21. French sugarcane planters moved from Saint-Dominique to Cuba and Louisiana.
22. Haiti had been one of the largest sugar producers in the Caribbean and one of the wealthiest.
23. In 1886 slavery was abolished in Cuba.
24. American Sugar Refining Co. controlled most of the sugar from Cuba.
25. Cuba became independent from Spain in 1898.
26. The American military left Cuba in 1903.
27. In 1959 Fidel Castro led the Cuban Revolution.
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