Context: The war had removed Bermuda's primary trading partners, the American colonies, from the empire, and dealt a harsh blow to Bermuda's merchant shipping trade. This also suffered due to the deforestation of Bermuda, as well as the advent of metal ships and steam propulsion, for which it did not have raw materials. During the course of the following War of 1812, the primary market for Bermuda's salt disappeared as the Americans developed their own sources. Control of the Turks had passed to the Bahamas in 1819.

Question: Who was Bermuda's main trading partner before the war?
Answer: American colonies

Question: What is a factor that hurt Bermuda's merchant shipping?
Answer: deforestation

Question: Why didn't Bermuda produce metal ships?
Answer: it did not have raw materials

Question: Why did the need for Bermuda's salt diminish?
Answer: Americans developed their own sources

Question: What was the primary market for Bermuda following the War of 1812?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did control of the Bahamas pass to in 1819?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What happened in 1918?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did America's market for salt disappear?
Answer: Unanswerable