Soon after the Columbian Exchange began, European colonists established sugar plantations in the Caribbean, and merchants introduced sugar to European markets. Which was an intentional consequence of those actions?

A.
Native Americans planted more and more sugar and depleted their farmland.

B.
European sugar merchants became wealthy, as affluent people bought sugar in European cities.

C.
Millions of Africans voluntarily emigrated to the Caribbean for the well-paying jobs in the sugar fields.

Question

Soon after the Columbian Exchange began, European colonists established sugar plantations in the Caribbean, and merchants introduced sugar to European markets. Which was an intentional consequence of those actions?
 
 A.
Native Americans planted more and more sugar and depleted their farmland.
 
 B.
European sugar merchants became wealthy, as affluent people bought sugar in European cities.
 
 C.
Millions of Africans voluntarily emigrated to the Caribbean for the well-paying jobs in the sugar fields.

anonymous · Answer

D.
Europeans boycotted sugar as a means of showing their disapproval with the working conditions of native laborers.

anonymous · Answer

I think it's maybe B.

anonymous · Answer

It can't be c or d.

anonymous · Answer

C is not true the Africans that worked on these sugar plantations did not work there voluntarily, there were slaves.
 European sugarcane plantation owners brought in lots of money from sugar cane plantations it was a huge industry back in colonial times. And these plantations produced the majority of the sugar consumed in Western Europe.