Question

Which of the following is the best explanation for the rise of slavery in the colonies? The demand for New World crops in Europe The need for permanent settlements in the New World The practice of using slaves to qualify for free land The rapid growth of the ship building industry

Answer 1

New world crops in Europe. The native Americans couldn’t be used due to them not being immune to European disease, and so the colonists found an alternative in the Africans.

Answer 2

The demand for New World crops in Europe

Step-by-step explanation:

The work needed in plantations in America drove the colonizers into looking for cheaper workers, the native americans in many parts of North America weren´t willing to do that job, so they found in the slave trade in Africa a perfect fit for their need of cheap work force and the demand of the crops that were grown in the new world in Europe founded the need for more and more production.