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Which factor contributed to the increasing cost of sugar production in the sugar industry from 1838 to 1854?
Which factor contributed to the increasing cost of sugar production in the sugar industry from 1838 to 1854?
- Decrease in demand for sugar
- Introduction of new technology
- Mismanagement of estates by managers (correct)
- Lack of available land for cultivation
Why were planters unable to repay their loans during this period?
Why were planters unable to repay their loans during this period?
- Decrease in sugar production
- High wages for laborers
- Lack of available credit
- Low profits (correct)
What was the attitude of banks and merchant houses towards giving loans to West Indian planters?
What was the attitude of banks and merchant houses towards giving loans to West Indian planters?
- Indifferent
- Skeptical (correct)
- Supportive
- Enthusiastic
What did ex-slaves do after emancipation in the colonies with higher populations?
What did ex-slaves do after emancipation in the colonies with higher populations?
Why did planters find the labor of Africans who worked part-time on plantations unsatisfactory?
Why did planters find the labor of Africans who worked part-time on plantations unsatisfactory?
What happened to the preferential duties on West Indian sugar under the Sugar Duties Equalization Act of 1846?
What happened to the preferential duties on West Indian sugar under the Sugar Duties Equalization Act of 1846?
What was the impact of the removal of preferential duties on West Indian sugar?
What was the impact of the removal of preferential duties on West Indian sugar?
Why did the Bank of British Guiana and the Planters’ Bank of Jamaica stop using estates as security for loans?
Why did the Bank of British Guiana and the Planters’ Bank of Jamaica stop using estates as security for loans?
What did skilled Africans do after leaving the plantations?
What did skilled Africans do after leaving the plantations?
Why did the Colonial Bank of the West Indies not make substantial loans to planters?
Why did the Colonial Bank of the West Indies not make substantial loans to planters?
Which country produced twice the amount of cane sugar compared to the British West Indies in 1833?
Which country produced twice the amount of cane sugar compared to the British West Indies in 1833?
What policy did the British Government follow after emancipation that negatively affected the sugar industry in its colonies?
What policy did the British Government follow after emancipation that negatively affected the sugar industry in its colonies?
What were the measures adopted to deal with the problems facing the West Indian Sugar Industry?
What were the measures adopted to deal with the problems facing the West Indian Sugar Industry?
What was the main reason for the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies just before and after emancipation?
What was the main reason for the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies just before and after emancipation?
Which country did some West Indian planters turn to for exporting their sugar, due to lower transport costs and better prices?
Which country did some West Indian planters turn to for exporting their sugar, due to lower transport costs and better prices?
What were some of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
What were some of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the policy of the British Government that hindered the colonies from making refined sugar?
What was the policy of the British Government that hindered the colonies from making refined sugar?
What was the outcome of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the outcome of the improvements made in the sugar industry in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the main factor contributing to the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the main factor contributing to the decline in sugar production in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the purpose of amalgamating smaller estates in the British Caribbean colonies?
What was the purpose of amalgamating smaller estates in the British Caribbean colonies?
