The choice that divided colonial society in South Carolina during the 1700's was the <span>arrival of enslaved Africans and indentured servants which made competition for labor positions.</span>
The correct answer is A) the arrival of enslaved Africans and indentured servants.
What divided colonial society in South Carolina during the 1700s was the arrival of enslaved Africans and indentured servants.
The real problem was jobs. White people from South Carolina believed that the arrival of slaves and indentured servants meant more competition for available jobs. Slaves and indentured servants worked for almost nothing and plantation owners preferred to have these people than hiring white people. Hiring white people meant to pay them more money.
Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.
