8.12B

What was one of the reasons for the growth of the Transatlantic Slavery trade in the 17th century?

• The declining Indian population in North America and the Caribbean could not support a growing agricultural economy.

• Indentured servitude was outlawed in North America and the Caribbean, causing a labor shortage.

• African nations along the Atlantic coast had aligned themselves with Britain during the American Revolution.

• The growth of shipbuilding and textile industries in the Northeast required large numbers of unskilled workers.

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700s?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map?

• The economic demands of the plantation system

• The construction needs of the railroad

• Increased textile manufacturing

• Increased western migration

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine

• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

• The development of the factory system

• The establishment of protective tariffs

Which region of the 13 colonies relied on the transatlantic slave trade?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New York

Southern Colonies in America purchased slaves from -

• Britain

• Spain

• France

• West Africa