T&T Economic History Form 2

King Sugar refers to

• the time when The Governor represented King George

• The time when sugar cane was our most important export

• The time when Trinidad was ruled by the Spanish

• The first crop planted by Spanish colonists.

Emancipation of enslaved Africans took place in

• 1838

• 1797

• 1830

• 1889

The Unification of Trinidad and Tobago took place on

• August 1st 1838

• May 30th 1845

• January 1st 1889

• August 31st 1962

The first sugar cane estate in Trinidad was set up in

• Naparima

• Caroni

• Woodbrook

• Couva

Other than sugar cane, two main goods produced in Trinidad for export in the 1900s were

• banana and oil

• Oil and coal

• Cocoa and banana

• Cocoa and oil

Tobago had stopped producing sugar by 1899

• True

• False

Before becoming a British colony, Trinidad was ruled by the Spanish.

• True

• False

Caroni Ltd. Was bought by the government in

• 1900

• 1962

• 1975

• 1990

In 1800 there were sugar cane estates on the East coast.

• True

• False

The first East Indian immigrants came to Trinidad to work on sugar estates in 1783.

• True

• False