Which of the following is NOT an accurate generalization about the southern English colonies by about 1700?
Multiple Choice
a. The economy of each was based on slave-grown plantation staple crops.
b. Each had matured into a hierarchical society in which the leading planters controlled the government.
c. Each had been founded as a private (i.e., proprietary) colony, but each would eventually become royal.
d. To the south of England's mainland colonies were mainland colonies of Spain.