Answer: A series of military defeats in Europe
Explanation:
Those who wanted to invest heavily in plantation farming had to settle in areas that were arable, fertile and had conducive environment for agriculture. The majority of such lands was in the south and thus many farmers settled in the southern regions, unlike the northern region which was infertile, and only conducive for industries.
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The transfer of power from the central government to state or local government is called "devolution," since this would be the opposite of a smaller power "evolving" into a larger one.
