How does the question of slavery connect the French Revolution with the Atlantic world?

Correct answer: It connects France, Africa and the American colonies through trade, slavery and debates about rights

The governing concept is the global or Atlantic dimension of the French Revolution. France possessed colonies in the Caribbean, where enslaved Africans were forced to produce valuable goods such as sugar and coffee for European markets. Ships, merchants, colonial officials and plantation owners connected Europe, Africa and the Americas in one system. Revolutionary declarations about liberty and equality therefore raised an important question: could these rights apply while colonial slavery continued? Option A is correct because it includes the economic connections and the debate over rights. Options B, C and D are too narrow: Paris, Versailles and peasant taxation describe parts of French history, but none explains the Atlantic links created by slavery and colonial trade.