Question

Place each sentence in the correct location on the cause and effect chart to answer the question:
Why were enslaved people brought to the Americas?
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Options
European colonists enslaved the indigenous population, but the indigenous peoples had no immunity to European diseases.
Many indigenous people became sick and died from illness or overwork. Europeans wanted to find a new source of slave labor.
Because Europe and Africa had been trading for centuries, West African people already had immunity to many European diseases.

Answer 1

Place the sentences this way:

- Cause (what colonists first did / why the Indigenous labor supply failed):
"European colonists enslaved the indigenous population, but the indigenous peoples had no immunity to European diseases."

- Effect / immediate result (what happened next):
"Many indigenous people became sick and died from illness or overwork. Europeans wanted to find a new source of slave labor."

- Final cause / reason Africans were brought in:
"Because Europe and Africa had been trading for centuries, West African people already had immunity to many European diseases."

Explanation in one line: Diseases and overwork devastated Indigenous laborers, so colonists looked for a new labor source — West Africans were chosen in part because they had greater immunity to European diseases.