John Dickinson was the Pennsylvania delegate that refused to sign the Declaration of Independence. Dickinson was not the only one to refuse to sign, as James Duane, Robert Livingston, and John Jay also refused to sign. These individuals felt that 1776 was not the right to break away from Britain and worried about the future of the 13 colonies without the help of Britain.
It would actually be the very poor farmers would would be the group of people would have been most likely to become populists. Many people felt like these people would get no where, but the majority of them were actually the many people would then became populists. Your correct answer would then be the last option: <span>farmers who received little money for their work</span>
b.) The diverse geography of the colonies encouraged different economic pursuits.
The British colonies contained diverse geography from rocky coast line, forests, hot and humid areas, swamp lands, and good soiled farm land.
The diversity of geography created differing economies for the Thirteen Colonies. New England focused on shipbuilding, lumber, fishing, whaling, manufacturing, trade, and small farming. The Middle Colonies were best for farming for food production. These colonies established farms for what, rye, corn, vegetable, and animal farming. The Southern Colonies were the harshest of environments being hot and humid with swampy land. However, the geography proved perfect for tobacco, rice, sugar, and eventually cotton. The Southern Colonies focused on plantation farming of cash crops and would demand large amounts of labor. The need for labor would be filled by a system of slavery.
