To what extent was social and economic change in one early modern society influenced by population movement?

Candidates will consider the degree to which social and economic change was influenced by population movement. The focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic. Candidates need not provide equal treatment of social and economic changes, although both must be discussed. Candidates may, for example, consider the impact of the establishment of colonies, such as on the relationship between colonizers and indigenous peoples, trade patterns and on economic activity. Alternatively, the social and economic impact of the expansion of slavery, both on the societies supplying the slaves and the economies that employed them, may be considered. Consideration of the religious impact of population movement would be valid. Other factors in promoting social and economic change, such as war, disease and climate, may be considered for comparison.