Big Sugar Thesis

Do you ever wonder how sugar became so popular? The Sugar market went on for 200 years, throughout those years the market went up and down in business. In the last decades of the century, four fifths of the sugar went to the French and British colonies. The Sugar Trade was driven by three main factors, which were, land, capital, and mercantilism.

The character, Jim McLain, from the film Big Jim McLain, stated in one of the last scenes of the film, “there are a lot of wonderful things written into our constitution, that were meant for honest, decent citizens. I resent the fact that it can be used by the very people who want to destroy it” in reference to members of the Communist party (Fellows, Wayne & Ludwig, 1952). Big Jim McLain, is an anti-communist propaganda film from 1952 that focuses on highlighting the ills of communism. Jim McLain, an investigator for the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), travels to Hawaii with his partner, Mel Baxter, under Operation Pineapple, in search of additional members of the Communist party. McLain, states upon his arrival that unimportant

Sugar was so high in consumer demand and addicting that in certain areas an average person would consume sixteen pounds a year. Evidence of this is shown in document G. The document conveys the annual per capita consumption ( in pounds ) from the year 1700 to the year 1770 in England. When analyzing document C, readers realize that the high amount of consumption is due to sugar’s highly addictive property. This document written by Benjamin Moseley, M.D. in the year 1800 states, “¬¬¬The increased consumption of sugar, and increasing demand for it, exceeded all comparison with any other article,

It was the largest producer of sugar, and also the most valuable sugar producing colony, with much as eighty-eight thousand tons of sugar were being processed annually. In addition to the massive amounts of sugar being produced in Haiti, it was also a large producer of a variety of other commodities, one of which being coffee which it produced about thirty-seven thousand tons annually. Even further, the commodities that were being exported from Haiti totalled approximately one third of France’s external commerce. Moreover, a tremendous amount of the sugar that was being consumed in France came from Haiti. However, it was not exclusively France who was indulging on the commodities being produced and exported here, as the United States had participated as well. As a matter of fact, about all of the sugar and other commodities, such as molasses, that was being consumed in the United States had been imported from Haiti. The mass production of all the commodities did not happen by itself, but rather it happened due to the intensive labour of the slave population.

Document A, “Sugar Cone and Tongs”, with natural resources sent from America, England used its manufacturers to mass produce sugar tongs and sell them to the colonists expensively. To colonists sugar was an everyday necessity. So inevitably they continued to buy the sugar tong( the sugar tong is used to put sugar into tea) to fill their sugar cravings. England not only sold the thing used to put the sugar into tea, the sugar tong, but the created and enforced the Sugar Act, which put a tax on sugar. The sugar tong and Sugar Act made the enjoyable hobby of consuming sugar, very expensive and outraged

In his article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” first published in 2013, David Freedman interprets how junk food can end obesity. Some people talk about junk food as one of the worst possible substances to put inside the human body. The number of calories, carbohydrates, and sodium in junk food products is massive, but “health food” can be just as bad. In David H. Freedman’s article, “How Junk Food Can End Obesity,” he explains the many pros and cons to both junk food and health food. Throughout the article, there are many uses of repetition, contrast, anomalies, and literary devices that all work together to correlate Freedman's point. Even though Freedman states that junk food could not end obesity, it is evident that Freedman believes

Through the 1700s, the number of slaves a planation required to be successful was growing since they had to produce such a large amount of sugar for the addicted Europeans (Doc 10). As a group, these documents provide material surrounding the addictive qualities of sugar and explain how this dependence on sugar aided in the growth of the sugar industry through the 18th-century. Other factors as well played into the success of the sugar

Sunday of April 7th, 1765, a group of Rhode Island men boarded the Polly and took down the ship of its cargo carrying barrels of molasses from the sugar islands. This happened eight years before the Boston Tea Party, but the problem was the same. The British Parliament placed a tax on the sugar without letting the colonists have a chance to talk it over. This made the Americans enraged. The Americans needed to resist the tax, or they are just slaves to the British. Americans believed they had the right with what they built with their own strength, knowledge and will. They knew they had to obey laws, but only if they had a say in the making of the laws. The Americans would’ve resisted any tax the British put on them but when they taxed sugar,

The play No Sugar by Jack Davis has various themes and issues covered in it. My understanding of society helps with the meaning of this text, through multiple aspects. These aspects are shown in the text through various themes/issues. These themes portray society and help with my understanding of No Sugar. The themes/issues are as follows; colonialism, economic depression and the patriarchy society. All these topics were a big part of Davis time, and when he wrote the play. This is the reason that we can see these issues portrayed through his play. Racism is a big part of his play and in the era when the play was written as well, and it’s shown not as a separate issue but is portrayed

When sugar was introduced to the wealthy people, they wanted their sugar to be as pure, sweet, and white as possible. In 1200, the Egyptians met the needs of the wealthy. They became the masters of refining sugar. Because of their ability, Egypt was known for the “whitest and purest” sugar. I selected this event because it increased the demand of sugar- made it more popular. That brings me to my next event, which was Christopher Columbus bringing sugar with him to Hispaniola. I chose this event because it had a huge impact on the world. Sugar plantations were being made and required slaves to maintain them. Sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery. Some slaves didn't suffer as long as others. My eighth event is the freeing of the slaves in England. I chose this event because England finally succeeded in freeing the slaves from sugar plantations. After the freeing of slaves in England, the idea of indentured servants started to come about in other countries. Indentured servants were similar to slaves, but they were paid after working a certain amount of years. This lasted for about 70

Sugar Changed the World In my book Sugar Changed the World many people of every race were affected by sugar. I like this book, because it tells you about the past and how they handled things. The biggest thing is sugar, and how something that seems so small changed our world. In Sugar Changed the World it dates back to the early B.C. period, telling you how and where sugar started to make an impact.

Globalization deals with the break down of traditional boundaries in the face of increasingly global financial and cultural trends. It is a process that results in the growing interconnectedness of the world. Globalization is understood as the force that promotes the global interdependence of economies, political systems, and societies. It creates a complex system of exchanges of goods, services, people, wealth, knowledge, and beliefs. Both Timothy Brook’s Vermeer’s Hat and Sidney Mintz’s Sweetness and Power deal with the role of commodities in world history. Mintz analyzes the history of sugar production and consumption in Europe. Mintz discusses how the fall of sugar as a luxurious and exotic product to a necessity for the most common of the working class was able to command a revolution in diet and lifestyle, during industrialization and the rise of capitalism. Brook tells the story of tobacco’s route from the Americas to Europe. As tobacco became a commercial crop, it allowed for a new system of trade, further connecting Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Both works highlight the importance of each respective commodity in the linking of the global community. The integration of both sugar and tobacco in global trade had a profound impact on the power structures of society in the seventeenth century.

	Sweetness and Power is a historical study of sugar and its affect on society and economy since it was first discovered. Sugar has had a large impact on society and the economy that is not noticeable unless thoroughly studied. The following is an analysis of the work done by Sidney W. Mintz in his attempt to enlighten the "educated layperson".

	Sweetness and Power is a historical study of sugar and its affect on society and economy since it was first discovered. Sugar has had a large impact on society and the economy that is not noticeable unless thoroughly studied. The following is an analysis of the work done by Sidney W. Mintz in his attempt to enlighten the "educated layperson".

The production and discovery of sugar grasped civilizations by its amazing taste and capabilities. Sugars effect on farming changed how the Americas farm to this day, and has also created huge trade exchanges between continents and countries . One of the main reasons for slavery to exist for so long in the Americas was because of sugars high demand. So plantation owners had to search for more sustainable workers which led them to Africa. The constant bringing of workers expanded trade in the 1500s. Sugar also led to major milestones in history and changed food in many societies. It changed how we eat and how we use our world 's resources. It led the way for modern innovations in sugar cultivation and has given us more than sweetness. Sugar has helped scientists formulate new types of fuels which could be created through sugar cane.