C. A bounty from the government led to an increase in production of indigo
Explanation:
Rice was the most important crop for South Carolina and its prosperity. Before the Revolutionary war, even 66 million pounds of rice was produced. Rice wasn't the only crop that was highly successful, though. Soon indigo cultivation became popular as well. The person this success can be attributed to is Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who planted indigo and created an especially successful strand of the plant, wanting her family plantation to be successful. As the British government (by law South Carolina was allowed to sell rice and indigo only to the British Empire) offered a bounty to everyone who was willing to grow it and Pinckney shared her techniques with others, the amount of exported indigo grew from 5,000 to 130,000 pounds in only two years.
British believed that most Southerners were Loyalists and that if they gained territory in the South, the Southern Loyalists would hold it for them. Believed that large number of Southern slaves would join them in return for promise of freedom.
