Question

How did the Atlantic slave trade impact the Americas’ role in triangular trade?

It increased the number of enslaved laborers forced to grow crops that were exported from the Americas to Europe.
It decreased the number of enslaved laborers used to grow crops that were exported from the Americas to Europe.
It decreased the use of enslaved laborers in factories that manufactured goods to be sold in the Americas.
It increased the number of enslaved laborers forced to work in European factories that sold manufactured goods to the Americas.

Answer 1

It increased the number of enslaved laborers forced to grow crops that were exported from the Americas to Europe.

Explanation: The Atlantic slave trade supplied plantation labor for sugar, tobacco, cotton, and other cash crops in the Americas, expanding the colonies’ role as exporters of raw materials in the triangular trade.