Cuba developed into a major sugar producer in the first part of the nineteenth century because
A) U.S. investors rushed into the island after the War of 1812.
B) a civil war in Jamaica destroyed it as a sugar producer.
C) the British invested heavily in the island.
D) Haiti was knocked out as a sugar producer by its devastating war for independence.

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Haiti was the leading sugar producer in the Caribbean but its sugar industry collapsed after the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), which disrupted the plantation economy and led to a significant decline in production. This created an opportunity for Cuba to fill the gap in the sugar market.

Cuba Developed into a Major Sugar Producer in the First