Access to the labor of enslaved people significantly changed the American colonial economy by allowing the development of a consumer culture due to increased wealth. This wealth was generated through the profits of plantation agriculture and other industries reliant on slave labor, which facilitated greater consumption of goods and services in the colonies.
How did access to the labor of enslaved people change the American colonial economy?
(1 point)
Responses
It forced people to spend more on a permanent labor force.
It forced people to spend more on a permanent labor force.
It allowed the development of a consumer culture due to increased wealth.
It allowed the development of a consumer culture due to increased wealth.
It took away jobs from indentured servants.
It took away jobs from indentured servants.
It ensured that northern manufacturing jobs would always be available for white laborers.
1 answer
1 answer