20 Questions
Which factor contributed to the increasing cost of sugar production in the sugar industry from 1838 to 1854?
Mismanagement of estates by managers
Why were planters unable to repay their loans during this period?
Low profits
What was the attitude of banks and merchant houses towards giving loans to West Indian planters?
Skeptical
What did ex-slaves do after emancipation in the colonies with higher populations?
Established themselves as peasant cultivators
Why did planters find the labor of Africans who worked part-time on plantations unsatisfactory?
They wanted cheap, full-time laborers
What happened to the preferential duties on West Indian sugar under the Sugar Duties Equalization Act of 1846?
They were removed
What was the impact of the removal of preferential duties on West Indian sugar?
Decrease in demand for West Indian sugar
Why did the Bank of British Guiana and the Planters’ Bank of Jamaica stop using estates as security for loans?
They were skeptical about the profitability of estates
What did skilled Africans do after leaving the plantations?
Moved to towns and worked in skilled trades
Why did the Colonial Bank of the West Indies not make substantial loans to planters?
They were skeptical about lending to planters
Which country produced twice the amount of cane sugar compared to the British West Indies in 1833?
France
What policy did the British Government follow after emancipation that negatively affected the sugar industry in its colonies?
Mercantilism
What were the measures adopted to deal with the problems facing the West Indian Sugar Industry?
Mechanization of production
What was the main reason for the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies just before and after emancipation?
Trade policies of the British Government
Which country did some West Indian planters turn to for exporting their sugar, due to lower transport costs and better prices?
USA
What were some of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
Mechanization of production
What was the policy of the British Government that hindered the colonies from making refined sugar?
Mercantilism
What was the outcome of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
Substantial decline in production
What was the main factor contributing to the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies?
Trade policies of the British Government
What was the purpose of amalgamating smaller estates in the British Caribbean colonies?
To improve management of estates
Test your knowledge on the problems that plagued the sugar industry from 1838 to 1854. Explore issues such as the increasing cost of sugar production and the mounting debts faced by planters. Discover the impact of mismanagement, the abolition of slavery, and the struggles with low profits.
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