What created the demand that drove the transatlantic slave trade? O A. Europeans wanted a reliable source of forced labor in their American colonies.
O B. Europeans wanted to remove people from Africa to open up new lands.
O C. Europeans wanted enslaved people to help them fight off indigenous peoples in the
Americas.
O D. Europeans believed they were racially superior to non-white peoples.

Correct answer is A. Europeans wanted a reliable source of forced labor in their American colonies.

Explanation:

Option A is the only correct answer as the Europeans wanted to have someone who will work on their plantations, which were the main source of economy.

B is not correct as this was never an important idea of this process.

C also is not correct as slaves were never used in this purpose.

D is not correct as this racial superiority idea developed through time.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.