"The Lords Proprietors’ Land-Office is always open to any that have a Mind to purchase Land... Land being sold so cheap, and the Payment so easy... Rice, Pitch, Tar, and Indigo, are the Commodities we chiefly depend upon, and which are exported to Great Britain and her colonies."
— John Lawson, *A New Voyage to Carolina*, 1709
Which of the following was a primary long-term consequence of the economic trends described in the excerpt?
- The development of a plantation-based economy increasingly dependent on the labor of enslaved AfricansCevap
- BThe establishment of close-knit, town-centered communities organized around religious congregations
- CA labor system dominated by European indentured servants whose status was legally defined as permanent and hereditary
- DThe growth of a free-trade system that allowed colonists to export goods directly to other European empires without imperial restrictions
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The development of a plantation-based economy increasingly dependent on the labor of enslaved Africans
The correct answer is correct because the cultivation of labor-intensive cash crops like rice and indigo, facilitated by cheap and abundant land, created a demand for a large, permanent labor force. This led Southern plantation owners to transition to chattel slavery, making enslaved Africans the primary labor source in the region.
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Chesapeake and Southern Colonies
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