What Determined the Balance of White and Black Populations in Each

question 58

Multiple Choice

What determined the balance of white and Black populations in each of the New World colonies?

• A) The staple products that a particular colony produced
• B) The climate and tropical diseases that Europeans could not withstand
• C) The laws governing slave labor in a particular colony
• D) The colony's proximity to Africa

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