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How did the rise of sugar as a profitable cash crop affect the Caribbean colonies?

A) Indigenous peoples profited from establishing plantations and exporting the crop to Europe.

B) Plantations in the region imported large numbers of enslaved Africans to harvest the crop.

C) Small farmers thrived, and land was equally distributed throughout the region.

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ashish4112119

Answer:

B) Plantations in the region imported large numbers of enslaved Africans to harvest the crop.

Explanation:

yanayildiz

Answer:

B

Explanation:

The europeans were sweet tooth's, they originally already had sugar. So when there was free land, people wanted more places to produce a lot of sugar.

This in return required a lot of workers, to produce the amount of sugar that was needed. So a lot of slaves from Africa to be shipped, to be able to meet the demand.