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QuestionImagine you investigated the role colonial plantations had on the increase of the African slave trade. Which of the following statements would provide the best findings of your investigation?(1 point)ResponsesThe demand to cultivate plantation land decreased so the African slave trade increased to reduce labor costs.The demand to cultivate plantation land decreased so the African slave trade increased to reduce labor costs.The demand for skilled labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.The demand for skilled labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade.The demand for less-intensive labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trade.The demand for less-intensive labor to harvest cash crops increased the African slave trad

Answer 1

"The demand to harvest cash crops at a cheap labor price increased the African slave trade."

Plantation agriculture (sugar, tobacco, cotton) required large, continuous labor forces; planters sought the cheapest, most controllable labor and thus turned to enslaved Africans, driving the transatlantic slave trade.