Read the text and answer the question. In the seventeenth century, Brazil was one of the world's leading exporters of sugar. Sugar was very profitable for
Portugal, which colonized Brazil in the early 1500s. Sugar also played a significant role the development of the
Caribbean in the eighteenth century. The crop caused conflict between European powers trying to control the region,
particularly the island of Jamaica,
What was one result of these economic developments during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A
Portugal's power grew and the Spanish lost their colonies in the Americas.
B
The transatlantic slave trade grew as Europeans demanded labor for the plantations,
С
Brazil grew economically and gained its independence by revolting against Spain.
D
New European agricultural techniques led to rapid indigenous population growth.