The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies required
a. a sharp increase in the African slave trade.
b. an increase in arable land.
c. new fertilizers and seeds.
d. the creation of new markets among the Amerindians.
e. government consultants to oversee farming.
ANSWER:
a
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