SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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They were far behind the South in business and industry.
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They did not rely heavily on cash crops.
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Slavery was important in all of the colonial regions.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Part of the reason slavery evolved differently in New England than in the middle and southern colonies was the culture of indentured servitude. As a carryover from English practice, indentured servants were the original standard for forced labor in New England and middle colonies like Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Detailed explanation-2: -No northern or middle colony was without its slaves. From Puritan Massachusetts to Quaker Pennsylvania, Africans lived in bondage. Economics and geography did not promote the need for slave importation like the plantation South. Consequently, the slave population remained small compared to their southern neighbors.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1750, most enslaved people in the South lived and worked on a large tobacco or rice plantation and lived with a large group of other enslaved people. In New England, enslaved people usually lived alone or at most, with one or two others, often with the family inside their home.