Question
In the 1500s, what did the Portuguese do to capitalize on the lucrative sugar business?
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Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) They built plantations in Europe and worked to make sugar a major export of their country
A
They built plantations in Europe and worked to make sugar a major export of their country
(Choice B) They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations
B
They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations
(Choice C) They set up plantations in West Africa and commissioned indentured servants to work the sugarcane fields
C
They set up plantations in West Africa and commissioned indentured servants to work the sugarcane fields
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Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) They built plantations in Europe and worked to make sugar a major export of their country
A
They built plantations in Europe and worked to make sugar a major export of their country
(Choice B) They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations
B
They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations
(Choice C) They set up plantations in West Africa and commissioned indentured servants to work the sugarcane fields
C
They set up plantations in West Africa and commissioned indentured servants to work the sugarcane fields
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The correct answer is:
(Choice B) They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations.
In the 1500s, the Portuguese established large sugar plantations primarily in Brazil and relied on enslaved Africans for labor to cultivate and harvest sugarcane.
(Choice B) They started trading West African slaves across the Atlantic to work on the sugar plantations.
In the 1500s, the Portuguese established large sugar plantations primarily in Brazil and relied on enslaved Africans for labor to cultivate and harvest sugarcane.