Exactly it was purely about money, supply and demand thats it. Not actually about tea. If the British had no money to pay for sugar then noone would have cared to supply it.
Yeah when you go to any Caribbean museum, botanical garden, or any other cultural thing having to do with nature they always tell the story of Capitan Bligh and they have plaques about him in various places.
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Exactly it was purely about money, supply and demand thats it. Not actually about tea. If the British had no money to pay for sugar then noone would have cared to supply it.