Question

In time, which population was the largest in South Carolina?

(1 point)
Responses

backcountry people
backcountry people

free people
free people

enslaved people
enslaved people

Native Americans
Native Americans

In the 1700s, the Tidewater region in South Carolina and Georgia was especially well suited for which crop?

(1 point)
Responses

sugar
sugar

rice
rice

tobacco
tobacco

wheat
wheat

The plantation system began in Virginia and Maryland when settlers started growing _____.

(1 point)
Responses

rice
rice

cotton
cotton

sugar
sugar

tobacco
tobacco

What were the primary crops grown on plantations in the 1700s?

(1 point)
Responses

cotton, sugar, rice
cotton, sugar, rice

sugar, rice, vegetables
sugar, rice, vegetables

rice, cotton, peaches
rice, cotton, peaches

peaches, sugar, vegetables
peaches, sugar, vegetables

Which statement does not describe life in the backcountry of the Southern Colonies?

(1 point)
Responses

Family farms were clustered near one another for mutual support.
Family farms were clustered near one another for mutual support.

Women and girls worked in the fields along with the men and boys.
Women and girls worked in the fields along with the men and boys.

The families lived in simple, one-room shacks.
The families lived in simple, one-room shacks.

Few families had servants or enslaved people to help them.
Few families had servants or enslaved people to help them.

Answer 1

1) Enslaved people

2) Rice

3) Tobacco

4) Cotton, sugar, rice

5) Family farms were clustered near one another for mutual support.