Which of the following best reflects the effect of the economic changes described in Source 1 on the institutions of 18th-centur
y colonial Virginia discussed in Source 2? Virginia transformed into a penal colony supported by indentured servants.
Virginians dissolved their tobacco plantations in favor of new cotton plantations.
Virginia’s tobacco farmers became increasingly dependent upon the transatlantic slave trade.
Virginians grew disenchanted with the Columbian exchange and focused more on self-subsistence.
C: Virginia’s tobacco farmers became increasingly dependent upon the transatlantic slave trade.
Explanation:
The farmers became dependant on slave trade because it was now necessary to have slaves work on the plantations and slaves were brought through the transatlantic slave trade.
