How did the dominant place of tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake economy shape the region’s social development?
a. It encouraged the formation of multi-generational households.
b. It inhibited the development of towns and social institutions.
c. It created demand for free wage laborers from Europe.
d. It narrowed the social and economic divide between rich and poor.
b. It inhibited the development of towns and social institutions.
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