Why were people living in port cities some of the earliest victims of the plague? The plague spread along sea trade routes.

People fleeing the plague traveled on the sea.

The germs for the plague lived in ocean water.

People in port cities ate fish affected by the plague.

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Which of the following led to a continuation of the treatment in the excerpt above? a)the brutality of the trans-atlantic african slave trade. b)spanish repression after violent native uprisings in new spain during the 16th century. c)european competition to quickly establish colonial holdings in the new world. d)the reliance of the spanish on native americans to provide labor under the encomienda system.