because Cuba wanted U.S. to help them
only way to get their attention was by burning the sugar plantations of American investors
Portugal's creation of sugar plantations on Atlantic coastal islands started in the 1400's with sugar colonies in West Africa. They then started to develop sugar plantations on what is now Brazil's coast line. Some of the islands in the Caribbean were then assessed as to their value in growing sugar.
Plantations
sugar cane
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Sugar Plantations
they wanted the U.S. to get involved and drive out the spanish
cause he's sucks.
Jose Marti encourages Cuban rebels to destroy sugar mills and plantations to provoke the United States.
Oh, dude, Jose Marti was all about that Cuban independence vibe. So, like, he encouraged the rebels to target sugar mills and plantations because they were seen as symbols of Spanish colonial oppression. It was basically a strategic move to weaken the Spanish economy and push for Cuban freedom.
Coffee, sugar and banana plantations
The Cuban economy was based on the production of sugar.
The Portuguese had sugar plantations in Madeira and Sao Tome islands.
To the best of my knowledge, the Catholic Church, itself, never owned any sugar plantations, many of the people who owed sugar plantations were Catholic, but their plantations did not belong to the church.
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Hawaii is the Pacific state known for having large sugar plantations, although most of these plantations have been phased out in recent years.
Jamaica was a large sugar producer during the sugar trade, and there were thousands of African slaves there to work on the plantations.
The Caribbean