Why did England trade Canada for St. lucia and and Guadalupe?

Answer 1

at the time, today's sleepy little tourist islands here in the Caribbean were as valuable as Kuwait or Saudi Arabia are today......and fought over for the very same reason. The West Indian islands were a source of tremendous wealth..... adjusted for inflation literally billions of dollars a year.....but from sugar, not oil........trading Canada for 2 sugar islands in the 1750's would be like trading Kuwait for Bulgaria.........

hard to believe that sugar was so valuable, but, as they say, you can look it up.......

Answer 2

Dude, Canada was averaging like 32 points a game in the fantasy league compared to St. Lucia and Guadalupe combined average of 21. No brainer.

Answer 3

Here's another kicker for you.....
That trade which you mentioned involved England and France...

Did you know later-on England suggested that Canada should assume control of the British Caribbean islands.
Then, later on several Caribbean islands have discussed having a political union with Canada but neither side has the attention span to actually bring about that change in their constitutions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_Canadian_provinces_and_territories#Countries_and_territories_that_some_have_suggested_should_join_Canada

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BOOK:
Passport to the Heart: Reflections on Canada Caribbean Relations.
Carmichael, Dr. Trevor A. 2001.
Ian Randle Publishers,
Kingston 6, Jamaica.
ISBN 976-637-028-1
http://www.david-kilgour.com/secstate/passport.htm

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4000/is_200207/ai_n9131167

Answer 4

This question cannot be answered, because ‚ENGLAND’ is a state in of the ‚United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’.

‚United Kingdom’ would be geographically and politically correct.