Map: Atlantic Trading Routes

question 30

Multiple Choice

Map: Atlantic Trading Routes

-Which of the following was an important effect of the eighteenth-century Atlantic trading routes depicted in the map above?

• A) Dependence on indentured servitude in the North American economies increased.
• B) New labor systems emerged in the colonies.
• C) Spanish influence in the New World grew.
• D) The British colonies became more economically dependent on England.

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