This image illustrates a form of production that began to develop in europe around the 16th century. how was this form of production a consequence of european economic practices in the americas?

Options:

A) Europeans merchants used the supply of cheap labor in the Americas to pay European workers higher wages.

B) Europeans used colonies in the Americas to provide them with raw materials to be made into finished goods.

C) Europeans used triangular trade routes to bring finished goods to Europe from the American colonies.

D) European merchants established small factories in the Americas to increase the supply of goods to the European markets

B) Europeans used colonies in the Americas to provide them with raw materials to be made into finished goods.

Explanation:

   Exploration colonies represent one form of colonization, alongside settlement colonies.

    In the context of the great navigations, overseas expansion and the discovery of America, this system was used by Europeans in the conquest of territories from the sixteenth century.

    Since the colonies were the territories conquered by the metropolis, the exploration colony served as a profit generator for the metropolis, which was interested in exploiting the resources of the conquered region and sending all profits made to the country of origin.

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