USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The northern part of Carolina had few harbors and was not as good for farming. It grew more slowly than the south.

Detailed explanation-2: -The growth of the Carolina colony was slow. The coastal land was swampy and many of the early inhabitants came down with malaria. The proprietors of the colony wanted to offer large land holdings to a small number of settlers. This limited the number of settlers and slowed down the growth of the colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -North Carolinians were small tobacco farmers, not plantation builders. South Carolinians developed a low-country agricultural system that relied upon slave labor to grow and export rice, cotton, and indigo. Small farmers and frontiersmen grew angry at the political and economic power held by coastal planters.

Detailed explanation-4: -They raised a wide variety of vegetables and grains. You’ll recognize many of them–corn, squash, sunflowers, pumpkins, and beans. Colonial settlers adopted beneficial agricultural practices from Indians along with their crops. And we still rely on these crops today.

Detailed explanation-5: -Despite fertile land and navigable rivers, the colony grew slowly and by 1677, the population was only about three thousand. Geography dictated the reason for the colony’s backwardness and isolation that was not experienced by any of the other 12 colonies.