CLEP Western Civ II

Answer: D - While cotton and tobacco would become important imports to Europe, trade with the Americas was originally driven by the European taste for sugar. The creation of sugar plantations dates back to the Spanish occupation of Latin America in the 16th century, and sugar remained the basis of American trade throughout the 18th century, and one of the components of the “Triangle Trade”. Sugar in Europe was made into rum which was sent to Africa and traded for slaves who were sent to America to work the plantations.