The Regions of British Colonies Practice Test

Middle Colonies depended on enslaved labor for tobacco plantations, while Southern colonies relied mainly on small wheat farms and tenant labor.

Plantation staples in the South fostered greater reliance on enslaved labor and a planter elite, while Middle Colonies more often featured family farms and merchants.

Southern colonies had the most religious diversity, which prevented elites from forming and kept slavery from becoming significant.

Both regions had identical class structures because Parliament enforced equal land distribution and banned slavery throughout British America.

Middle Colonies had no commerce and no cities, so they lacked any merchant class and were socially flat compared to New England.