Sugar cane was a major cash crop for the Spanish Caribbean and helped to revitalize the economic activity in the region, which had been relatively neglected by Spain after the sixteenth century.

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Sugar Cane

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Sugar cane

A) Helped put an end to the relative neglect of Spain's Caribbean islands after the sixteenth century.
B) Was the only Spanish Caribbean cash crop tended by indentured white labor.
C) Helped revive the indigenous population of the Caribbean by creating new employment.
D) Had only a minor effect on the demographic and economic history of the Spanish Caribbean.

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