answer these 2 questions pls Why were African slaves brought to the Americas?


to rid the African continent of its unemployed population


to fill the large need for workers on sugar plantations


to provide workers for textile factories in New England


to supply miners to the gold mines in Mexico
Which reason did fifteenth-century Europeans have for finding a sea passage to East Asia?


They wanted to transport European immigrants to China.


They knew that Japan wanted to buy African slaves.


They had a strong interest in Asian culture and religion.


They needed a quicker, safer route to the riches of East Asia.