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Sugar became a very popular "New World" export in Europe. Why was this cash crop so financially profitable?
Sugar has a short growing season, so it made sense to grow it in the colonies rather than Europe.
Sugar cane is easy to grow once it has been established, so it was shipped back to Europe to plant there.
Sugar was so easy to grow, harvest and process that it required a low investment from farmers.
Europeans began to use sugar as a new "seasoning," and the crop would not grow anywhere in Europe.
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"Europeans began to use sugar as a new 'seasoning,' and the crop would not grow anywhere in Europe."
Sugar became highly profitable because demand in Europe rose sharply while cane required tropical climates found in the colonies. That combination — strong market and limited supply in Europe — made colonial sugar production very lucrative (further amplified by large plantations and enslaved labor).
Sugar became highly profitable because demand in Europe rose sharply while cane required tropical climates found in the colonies. That combination — strong market and limited supply in Europe — made colonial sugar production very lucrative (further amplified by large plantations and enslaved labor).
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