ulture and high population growth. There were two main types of colonialism that existed. That is Colonies of Settlement and Colonies of Exploitation, the latter being the main one that existed within the Caribbean. Colonies of Exploitation did not attract large numbers of permanent European settlers. Europeans went to these colonies primarily as planters, administrators, merchants or military officers. In Colonies of Exploitation, foreign powers establish political control, if necessary using force against colonial resistance but they did not displace or kill native societies. They also did not for the most part, intentionally destroy indigenous cultures. Thus the historical dynamics of exploitation colonies are profoundly different from those colonies of settlement. A colony of exploitation had an economy based on products of the labour of local inhabitants, working either on their own land or on plantations. These colonies usually produced cash crops such as Sugar cane, Spices, Cotton and Tobacco. The main colonies of exploitation were Haiti, Jamai
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