After Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492, he discovered sugar and brought it back to Europe and the Caribbean. Sugar was used as a sweetener for tea and other treats the Europeans ate. The production of cane sugar become a large industry in Europe. Sugar was not well know until it became a larger industry because it could not grow in Great Britain. The economy exploded because of the rapid production of sugar and constant need of it. The sugar trade was driven by demand, economy, and growing conditions. The reason for demand of sugar, was because sugar was addictive, as explained in document 4 sugar is a stimulant and is classified as a drug. Mints explains in her opinion that sugar has become an addictive additive in tea, chocolate, and