How did the introduction of cash crops affect slavery in the American colonies? A. The enslaved population decreased rapidly. B. The enslaved population increased rapidly. C. Fewer enslaved people were used to grow other crops. D. Enslaved people were given the right to own fields.

A cash crop is a crop grown mainly to be sold and not used by the producer. If you were a plantation owner knew that if you grew a ton of these crops you could get lots of money, you would hire slaves like crazy because if you had tons of slaves you could produce more cash crops and therefore get more money. Therefore, the answer is B. the enslaved population increased rapidly.

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Parrain Parrain · Answer 2 · 2021-10-19T14:43:04+02:00

As a result of the introduction of cash crops in the Americas, B. The enslaved population increased rapidly.

Cash crops:

Include crops like cotton, tobacco, sugar and coffee
Are planted for the sole purpose of sales
Are often labor intensive

With the introduction of cash crops to the American colonies, a cheap source of labor was needed for the colonists to make more profit from this very labor demanding venture. As a result, they imported a lot of enslaved people to do hard labor without pay.

In conclusion, cash crops were labor intensive and so colonists turned to slavery which increased the enslaved population massively.

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