Proprietorship failed in Carolina because:
A) the proprietors failed to understand that the American context of abundant land would not accommodate the hierarchical society of England.
B) the earliest settlers of Carolina came from the Caribbean and were not accustomed to the self-rule that the proprietors intended to emulate.
C) Carolina was previously a Dutch colony and was diverse from the beginning.
D) tobacco was the only crop that could be grown in this region.
E) the proprietors looked at Carolina mainly as a haven for English debtors and persecuted English Protestants.
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