Which of these statements best explains how the discovery of the New World affected the population of the New World? O Only English colonists migrated to the New World which caused a small increase in population.

O With the increased number of colonists, the cost of producing food declined.

With the spread of smallpox, the Native American population declined causing overall levels of population in North America and South America to decrease.

With the trading of precious metals such as gold and silver, many Europeans choose to stay in Europe and allow the Africans to bring the metals to Europe, therefore, population levels in the New World remained constant.