Which of the Following Reasons Explains How the Plantation System

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following reasons explains how the plantation system was detrimental to the economic development of the South?

• A) Plantations generated a large number of spin-off enterprises that failed due to increased competition and few customers.
• B) Elite plantation owners invested more of their money in Europe and the northern colonies than they did in their own local economy.
• C) The merging of plantations into huge multi-owner projects put many of the less successful plantations out of business, which led to increased poverty and unemployment.
• D) The British government took most of the profits from plantation owners, leaving little for local investment and development.

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