EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Irish immigrants
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factory workers
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wheat farmers
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enslaved Africans
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Detailed explanation-1: -While slavery existed in every colony at one time or another, it was the economic structure of farming in the South that depended on slave labor to prosper. A large labor force was needed to work the large plantations that grew labor-intensive crops like tobacco and rice.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Southern colonies were among the richest in America. Their cash crops of tobacco, indigo, and rice depended on slave labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The best answer is “The economy of Southern colonies needed free labor.” The “moral” argument against it is not entirely true, and “industry” was years away from being a part of northern economies.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the eighteenth century, demand for slaves in the southern colonies declined slightly. Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.