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.


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


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


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


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

Answer 1

The Columbian Exchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the cause of the widespread transport of slaves, plants, animals, culture and technology from the Americas to the rest of the world. The sugar plantations made the sugar merchants wealthy with the free labor of the slaves and the rich European market craved the sugar from the Caribbean.

Question: Which was an intentional consequence of those actions?

Answer: C. European sugar merchants became wealthy, as affluent people bought sugar in European cities.