During the period 1640-1690, the expansion of the Caribbean economy was made possible by the expansion of European colonization across the Atlantic. However, Africans were captured for the slave trade to support the development of the sugar industry, working as slaves to produce sugar cane. (Grouchier & Walton, 1629: 418-420). The Scramble for Africa caused gender inequality within African society, the European invasion into the Atlantic introduced political conflicts regarding the demand for economic control and conquest of the Atlantic. (Hornsby and Hermann, 2005: 127). Nevertheless, the sugar cane plantation was jointly supported by the financial cooperative and the state. (Stuart, 2004: 3-8). However, according to Richards, most sugar plantation owners should expect their international investors to want a large quantity of raw sugar. (Richard, 1974: 38). nevertheless, the attitude of plantation owners was partly due to increased "optimism" and partly to the difficulty of international communications in the 17th century. This common attitude landed many farmers in debtor's prison while some prospered extremely. (Mints, 44-45). However, this essay will focus on the economic, political and social consequences of the sugar revolution in the Caribbean. It has been argued that the Sugar Revolution radically affected the Caribbean because of the Sugar Revolution; Economically, there was a labor problem caused by the shift from tobacco to sugar. “The production of sugar cultivation was essential for some workers to practice manual labor.” (Galen fils, 1989: 112). There were people trying to recruit workers like the Spanish trying to put the Arawak middle of paper......Cambridge University Press. Hornsby, S & Hermann, M. 2005. British Atlantic American frontier: spaces of power in early British America. New Ground University Press. Cesar J, Ayala. 1999. American Sugar Kingdom. The plantation economy of the Spanish Caribbean. University of North Carolina Press. Harold A. Crouch. 1985. Economic change, social structure and political systems in Southeast Asia: development of the Philippines in relation to other Asian countries. Institute of Southeast Asian StudiesGrouchier, C & Walton, L. 2013. The maritime world: the world of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean. Vol 2. London and New York. The impacts of the sugar revolution www.studymode.com/essays/Sugar-Revolution-879265.html {Access: April 8, 2014}Social and political impacts of the sugar revolution {Access: April 8, 2014} www .studymode.com/essays /Effects-Of-Sugar-Revolution... •