Why did the new colonists of Georgia demand slaves?
A) Farmers were given so many acres of land that they felt they could not farm efficiently without slaves.
B) The main crop of Georgia—tobacco—could be cultivated only with slave labor.
C) The colonists felt that since they had no voice in government, they needed a class of people even lower on the social rung than they were.
D) The English settlers in Georgia were used to having slaves and demanded that they could not get along without them.
E) The colonists believed that they could compete economically with South Carolina only if they were allowed to have slaves.
Answer: E
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