Why did the planters of colonial Virginia switch from using indentured servants to using African slaves?
(A) Slaves represented a lower upfront cost than indentured servants.
(B) Most indentured servants had begun pursuing opportunities in the Caribbean rather than North America.
(C) Slaves were easier to train.
(D) Indentured servants from Europe were less resistant to New World diseases than African slaves.
(E) Slaves served as a better long term investment than indentured servants.
Answer: E.
Americans 1450-1750
- The Columbian Exchange I. brought epidemics to the Americas II. brought new plants and animals to the Americas III. brought new plants and animals to Afro Eurasia
- Britain attempted to control its North American colonies by
- Reform in Spanish America meant that
- The caste system was
- The economy of the English North American colonies was based on all of the following EXCEPT
- Which of the following best describes France's colonial settlements in North America?
- The English and French colonies in the New World were characterized by
- What is a key difference between the British and French colonial settlements in the West Indies and those of the Spanish and Portuguese elsewhere in the Americas?
- How did mercantilist policies affect the economic system of colonial Latin America?
- Social structure in Latin America
- Which of the following did NOT contribute ,to the sharp increase in African slaves shipped to the Americas between 1600 and 1750?
- The Treaty of Tordesillas
- Which of the following characteristics is NOT shared by the Aztecs and Inca?
- Which of the following statements correctly links the Aztec religious and political systems?