Question

Which statement does not describe life in the backcountry of the Southern Colonies? (A) The families lived in simple, one-room shacks. (B) Family farms were clustered near one another for mutual support. (C) Few families had servants or enslaved people to help them. (D) Women and girls worked in the fields along with the men and boys.
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Answer 1

B. family farms were clustered near one another. for mutual support.

During the 1700s, the Southern Colonies developed two distinct ways of life: the backcountry and the plantation life. A, C and D describe the life of the backcountry. In addition to this, the backcountry of the Southern Colonies often lived on land they did not own.

Families were never clustered near one another for mutual support.