Chp 18 Outline *Incomplete* The Earth and Its Peoples 3rd Edition
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Chp 18 Outline
A. Plantations in the West Indies
I. Colonization Before 1650
• Spansih settlers introduced sugar cane cultivation in to the west Indies shortly after 1500, but thrse colonies soon fell into neglect as attention shifted to colonizing the American mainland. After 1600, the West Indies revived as a focus of colonization, this time by northern Europeans interested in growing tobacco and other crops.
• This New World leaf, long used by Amerindians for recreation and medicine was finding a new market among Europeans. Received opposition from few, like King James I of England, but was mass sold in 7,000 ships around England.