Why did European economies grow during the 1500s? Trade with American colonies gave Europeans more manufactured goods.
The large supply of resources from the Americas led to an increase in trade.
Demand for manufactured goods in the Americas increased wages paid to workers.
The demand for silver in the Americas led to increased prices for products in Europe.

Trade with American colonies gave Europeans more manufactured goods.

Explanation:

The emergence of modern Europe, 1500–1648

The 16th century was a period of vigorous economic expansion. The great geographic discoveries then in process were integrating Europe into a world economic system. New commodities, many of them imported from recently discovered lands, enriched material life.

Demand for manufactured goods in the Americas increased wages paid to workers.

Explanation:

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.