Question

Which statement best explains the growing difference between the slave population in the North and South after 1650? Econ 8.12B The Southern economy became increasingly dependent on large-scale farming. The Southern economy became increasingly dependent on large-scale farming. The population of the North was larger than that of the South The population of the North was larger than that of the South The South depended more on European immigrants to work its fields The South depended more on European immigrants to work its fields Most colonial shipbuilding occurred in the North.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option: The Southern economy became increasingly dependent on large-scale farming.

Explanation:            

Increasing large scale farming led the Southerners to become dependent on slavery. The south had large estates with land to cultivate which they called plantations. Each plantation grew cash crops to meet the requirement of the European markets and to generate wealth. To grow crops labors was necessary to support the tobacco trade. In 1650, about three hundred Africans living in Virginia which later increased with the Transatlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas in larger extent.