Question

read the passage from sugar changed the world.
sugar was the connection, the tie, between slavery and freedom. in order to create sugar, europeans and colonists in the americas destroyed africans, turned them into objects. just at that very same moment, europeans - at home and across the atlantic - decided that they could no longer stand being objects themselves. they each wanted to vote, to speak out, to challenge the rules of crowned kings and royal princes. how could that be? why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves? in fact, the global hunger for slave - grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery. following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the age of revolutions. for in north america, then england, france, haiti, and once again north america, the age of sugar brought about the great, final clash between freedom and slavery.
which sentence best states the authors claim in this passage?
○ economic demand for sugar led to political pressure to end enslavement.
○ the growing demand for sugar made the lives of enslaved people even worse.
○ turning africans into objects was important for the sugar industry to succeed.
○ monarchies became increasingly strong and popular during the age of sugar.

Explanation:

The passage discusses how the demand for sugar (economic aspect) led to the end of slavery (political outcome). It shows a connection between the economic need for sugar and the political pressure to end enslavement. The other options either focus on negative impacts of sugar demand on enslaved people (not the claim of ending slavery), a detail about sugar industry's need (not the main claim) or about monarchs (not relevant to the core claim of sugar - slavery - freedom connection).

Answer:

Economic demand for sugar led to political pressure to end enslavement.