It would be the preservation and the dominance of Christianity in the region. Also it paved way to a creation of a powerful Catholic nations that will play a significant role in the history especially in the Age of Exploration and Colonization. Also it saved face of Christianity after the fall of Constantinople into Muslim hands.
The answer would be D.
D. Wealth of Knowledge-so much information was brought back from the Muslim "world"; information pertaining to medical knowledge, new forms of mathematics and education, "Aristotle was brought back," and "everything was brought back"; so many new ideas were brought back to Europe from the Muslim "world".
Virginia had good farmland and the large plantations needed workers to work the land. The plantation owners took advantage of free, slave labor. Massachusetts didn’t have large farmland.
B. it was in 1848, so that's before the civil war.
