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The main focus of this reading assignment is sugar and its influence on the Atlantic World. Europeans often named places after their local materials and goods. The Canary Islands were known as the Sugar Islands, suggesting strongly the importance of sugar. Canarian islands had a native population that slowed the Europeans settlement. Despite this, Europeans had a strong desire for exploiting local goods and materials f the Canaries. As demand for sugar across the world increased, the amount of sugar produced increased as well. The correlation between slavery and sugar was not significant. While there certainly was a connection, it was minimal compared to the use of slaves in other locations. Sugar was often used in place of currency on the Canary islands.The Canaries and their production of sugar drew the attention of nations all over the globe. In classmate Hunter Loya’s response, he points out that the demand for sugar increased the demand and use of slaves in the canaries. This is true, but in addition sugar this also spiked the exchange of other goods to the Canaries to support those living on the Canaries, the slave trade found a consistent source of business, and the Canaries captured the interests of multiple world powers, creating even more competition among the Europeans in the Atlantic World.