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Most property owners were wealthy, and many lived on large, elegant plantations.
Most property owners were wealthy, and many lived on large, elegant plantations.
Farms were large and needed a lot of enslaved Africans to harvest crops.
Farms were large and needed a lot of enslaved Africans to harvest crops.
Farms were small and farmers were self-sufficient, making and growing just enough to support their families.
Farms were small and farmers were self-sufficient, making and growing just enough to support their families.
Disputes (fighting) over land and property made it hard for settlers to come together as a community.
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The statement that most accurately portrays life in the backcountry is:
Farms were small and farmers were self-sufficient, making and growing just enough to support their families.
This reflects the typical lifestyle of backcountry settlers, who often engaged in subsistence farming and were more focused on meeting their own needs than on large-scale agricultural production.
