Use the chart of population statistics of Georgia to answer the question that follows.
Year / Slave population/ Precentage of total population
1790 / 29,264 / 35.5%
1800 / 59,699 / 36.7%
1810 / 105, 218 / 41.7%
1820 /149,656 / 43.9%
What played the MOST significant role in the population trend illustrated in the chart?
A
the Georgia Gold Rush
B
the invention of the cotton gin
C
the Yazoo land fraud
D
the development of railroads