Answer:
O economic reasons
Explanation:
The Southern colonies were founded to seek the economic prosperity they could not find in Great Britain.
Cortes showed up, the Aztecs welcomed him with open arms. They apparently thought he was a god. They gave him all the gold he could ever want, but he decided that that wasn't good enough and so he set up a meeting with Montezuma (their leader). He then captured Montezuma. The Aztecs realized their mistake and beat the Spanish back.
<span>After a while, the Spanish enlisted the aid of oppressed tribes living under Aztec rule, and when they made a move on the Empire, they found most of the Aztec warriors dead or dying of diseases that THEY brought over from Europe. They then conquered everyone.</span>
<span><u><em>The correct answer is:</em></u>
B. Great profits at the expense of cultural development and equal opportunity.<span>
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
Even though the plantation system resulted in huge profits thanks to crops like tobacco and cotton, many Southern states focused solely on this form of labor to make money.
Being focused on only agricultural resulted in limited development of Southern culture.
Along with this, the enslavement of blacks in the South resulted in unequal opportunities for Southern citizens.
Blacks did not have legal, political, or economic rights. Rather, they were viewed as property and treated horribly by their owners. </span></span>
They removed existing rulers from the conquered lands to ensure they had direct control of their enemies' trade routes. They forced all the people they conquered to trade directly with them, increasing their wealth from the sale of additional goods. They took all conquered people as prisoners and forced them to work as slaves on public works projects. The tribute demanded from conquered peoples provided warriors for defense, as well as food and resources for their own people.
