Slaves represented Southern planters' most significant investment—and the bulk of their wealth. Building a commercial enterprise out of the wilderness required labor and lots of it. For much of the 1600s, the American colonies operated as agricultural economies, driven largely by indentured servitude.Mar 6, 2018
The colony had become an important base for missionaries.
Because they believed the Catholic tradition of infant baptism had no merit. Therefore, those that came to believe were "re-baptized" (which is what anabaptists means).
<span>The Catholic church obviously took offense at this and persecuted them.</span>
They controlled over everything that was related to oil extraction, refinement, production, transportation, sales, and could therefore dictate the prices and sales since they had no opposition.
