?????????? French, English, and Dutch in Caribbean (jan 1, 1640 – dec 31, 1800)
Description:
- In the 1640s, French, English, and Dutch settlers replaced the Spanish to build plantations, and they found that the Caribbean offered ideal conditions for growing cash crops, particularly sugar and tobacco- They imported several million slaves to provide labor since indigenous populations were extinct
- By 1700: Caribbean society consisted of a small class of European administrators and large numbers of African slaves
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Date:
jan 1, 1640
dec 31, 1800
~ 161 years