Caribbean possessions are contrasted with the former Thirteen Colonies in both commercial value and ease of administration. Jamaica's returns and rum supply show why the region mattered to imperial finance and the Royal Navy. Canada and the Caribbean appear as richer and easier for Britain to administer. Trade with the newly independent United States resumed quickly, separating commercial access from political control.
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Why Caribbean colonies mattered to Britain
The comparison sets the commercial and administrative value of Caribbean possessions against the former Thirteen Colonies, using Jamaica and renewed Anglo-American trade to distinguish wealth from political control.