Caribbean colonies
Tropical European territories
Caribbean colonies are territories in the Caribbean Sea that were or are governed by distant powers—primarily European nations like Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.
The term usually refers historically to the plantation economies built on enslaved African labor that produced sugar, tobacco, and other commodities from the 16th through 19th centuries: The Caribbean colonies were central to the Atlantic slave trade.
Some Caribbean territories remain dependencies today, though most gained independence in the 20th century.
- sugar plantationsFarms growing sweetener crops
- plantation economyAgricultural system exploiting enslaved workers
- sugar baronsWealthy plantation owners
- Middle PassageTransatlantic slave trade crossing
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
naval bases · settlement · tropical diseases · carnival traditions · oral histories · triangular trade · slave labor · imperialism · independence movements · indentured servants · military outposts · island hopping · Age of Discovery · cash crops · mercantilism · economic inequality · pirate havens · free port
- coloniesPlymouth, Jamestown, British India, Dutch East Indies, French Indochina
- Atlantic tradetriangle trade, Atlantic slave trade, slave ships, trade winds, Atlantic crossings
- Dutch EmpireDutch East India Company, VOC, Batavia, New Amsterdam, Suriname
- rum historyrum, molasses, sugarcane, distillation, grog
- Dutch WICWIC, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, Zeeland, Curacao
- Spanish coloniesSpanish conquest, Spanish crown, viceroys, viceroyalties, viceroyalty
Caribbean coloniesAfrican colonies
Foreign-controlled African territories
Caribbean coloniesmother country
Nation of one's heritage
sovereign states · colonial powers · European empires · Britain · Spain
Caribbean coloniesmother country
Nation of one's heritage
colonial powers · European empires · London · Paris · Madrid
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