Virginia Plantation Wharf (1730)

Virginia Plantation Wharf (1730)

-Why did plantation-based economies, like the one shown in the image, develop in the Chesapeake and southern colonies rather than in the Middle and New England colonies?

A) Slavery was not permitted in the Middle and New England colonies.
B) Rich landowners preferred to live in the Chesapeake and South.
C) There were better port cities in the Chesapeake and South.
D) The climate of the Middle and New England colonies did not support plantation agriculture.