1. Which of the following was the most significant underlying
factor allowing for the creation of these documents?
A The Americas were rapidly colonized by a broad group
of European countries that established regional centers
of power
B Travel on the middle passage was a particularly grueling
stage of the trans-Atlantic trade, which exchanged com-
modities for labor and resources.
C The economic viability of the plantation system rested
on the availability of large quantities of cheap labor.
D Social and family structures across the Americas ex-
perienced varying levels of interracial and interethnic
mingling due to demographic patterns.