The cultivation of sugar in the Caribbean and South America led to:
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Correct answer: Massive deforestation and the rise of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
Sugar was a land-intensive and labor-intensive crop that required clearing vast tracts of tropical forest. To maximize profits, European powers relied on a brutal system of enslaved African labor on large plantations.
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