Question

Many historians point to _____ as explanation for the popularity of the atlantic slave trade in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. a. supply and demand b. stagnant agricultural growth c. gold and silver mines d. religious rivalries

Answer 1

A.) Supply and demand

Step-by-step explanation:

Regarding the popularity of Atlantic slave trade staring in the sixteenth century during this time Europeans had started to develop and cultivate regions in the Caribbean, North and South America, tying into this a demand for labour grew, Europeans turned to West Africa to supply an enslaved workforce. Thus supply and demand in workers and goods was seen. As European countries were starting to develop and in America, where there were colonies of England, there was a high demand for many things such as sugar, tobacco and cotton plantations.