explain why the selling of slave grown crops was imporatant to the british economy

Question 1

the workers growing the crops where slaves and where not paid

Answer 1

this kept costs down and increased profits

Question 2

sugar, cotton, tobbaco and coffee where grown as ‘cash-crops’

Answer 2

specifically too be shipped back to britain and turned into goods that could be sold for a large proffit

Question 3

the british government benefited from the slave trade as businesses had to pay taxes

Answer 3

that money could then be used to build up other areas of the economy

Question 4

the british cotton industry domonated the world market

Answer 4

by 1800, britain had trned 56 million tones of cotton into cloth and 42% of all british trade cloth abroad was cotton fabric

Question 5

slave grown coffee was very popular and coffee shops began too open do more was needed

Answer 5

these where places for socialising and for business and they made alot of money

Question 6

slave grown sugar was in high demand because many british people had a sweet tooth

Answer 6

it was bought to put in puddings, cakes and jams but also too sweeten goods such as coffee