Economic

Question 1

How much of Britains income was dependent on the slave trade?

Answer 1

24%

Question 2

In Bristol in the 1780s, how many peoples income was slave based?

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

Where was the Codrington Plantation and how much did it make a year?

Answer 3

Barbados
£2000

Question 4

How much sugar was Britain importing by the mid 1700s?

Answer 4

100,000 hogsheads

Question 5

How many slave voyages did William Davenport invest in and how much profit did he make?

Answer 5

74
8.1% profit

Question 6

Between 1799 and 1807, how many plantations were abandoned due to economic stress?

Answer 6

65

Question 7

In 1806 how much was the surplus of sugar?

Answer 7

6000 tonnes

Question 8

How much of european trade did liverpool claim?

Answer 8

3/7

Question 9

How much profit did slave ship Ann make on one journey?

Answer 9

£4847

Question 10

By 1776 how much did Glasgow merchants owe compared to their American Counterparts?

Answer 10

£1.3 million

Question 11

How much did Liverpool merchants lose between 1772 and 1778?

Answer 11

£700,000

Question 12

Out of 30 leading merchant houses in Liverpool, how many had gone bankrupt by 1778?

Answer 12

12

Question 13

What was Adam Smiths book called?

Answer 13

The Wealth of Nations

Question 14

Between 1799 and 1807, how many plantations in Jamaica were sold for debts?

Answer 14

32

Question 15

Imports from Grenada were worth how much more than those from Canada?

Answer 15

8x