Why did sugar plantations produce such high profits?

Question

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Responses

Sugar cane was easy and cheap to grow.

Sugar cane was easy and cheap to grow.

The colonial governors placed a high tax on sugar.

The colonial governors placed a high tax on sugar.

Europe had a high demand for sugar, molasses, and rum.

Europe had a high demand for sugar, molasses, and rum.

Spanish plantation owners sold tons of sugar to English colonists.

Answer 1

Europe had a high demand for sugar, molasses, and rum.

Answer 2

What was the main purpose of Spanish missions?

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to grow sugar cane and other valuable crops

to grow sugar cane and other valuable crops

to guard the property of colonists

to guard the property of colonists

to house the growing number of colonists from Spain

to house the growing number of colonists from Spain

to convert, educate, and Europeanize natives

Answer 3

to convert, educate, and Europeanize natives

Answer 4

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Peninsulares

Creoles

Answer 5

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