<span>The selection of delegates and electorates lies within the competence of the party doing the selection, fairness of the process is secured by law and the constitution and overseen by the appropriate level law officials. There is no mention of a one, unified entity that would watch over the whole process. </span>
Well, it depends. Technically all of those answers could SHAPE culture, but language, religion, and government are the best answers. People can still practice their culture despite where they are in the world, after all. So A, B, and C.
The reason that plantations sprang up in the South was due to the geography and climate of the Southern colonies areas. Tobacco, rice, cotton, sugar cane and indigo were valuable plants and grown as cash crops.
They wanted to escape war and other political problems.