The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a Negro woman should be slave or free,be it therefore enacted and declared by this present Grand Assembly,that all children born in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother;and that if any Christian shall commit fornication with a Negro man or woman,he or she so offending shall pay double the fines imposed by the former act."
Virginia slave law,December 1662
-The passage above reflects which of the following historical trends between 1607 and 1754?

A) The cultivation of labor-intensive products like cotton and tobacco demanded new labor sources in the British colonies.
B) New Englanders developed close-knit, homogenous communities of religious believers.
C) Slaves often developed covert means to resist slavery.
D) The lack of indentured servants led colonists to rely on African slavery.