1. which was a reason that rice-farming promote the spread of slavery? a. it required large numbers of workers laboring in hot, humid, unhealthy conditions. b. it produced a good harvest but little profit, so labor needed to be very cheap. c. it produced enormous profits for planters that allowed them to purchase slaves. d. it required skills that african slaves from barbados had already learned. 2. what is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony? a. the first is run by a king, the second by an individual b. the first is run by a kind, the second by a king's family c. a royal colony is larger d. the first is run by an individual or family, the second by the king. 3. other than total number of people, how else did virginias's population change in the last half of the 1600s? a. women and children made up a larger percentage of the population than before. b. properperous farmers made up a larger percentage of the population than poor farmers. c. more young men owned their property than in earlier years. d. large numbers of german immigrants joined mostly english population. 4. which was a reason that england established georgia as a colony? a. to stop european settlers from moving westward into native american lands b. to stop spain from expanding it's florida country northward. c. to make a place where spanish and english settlers could propser together d. to settle debts owed by james oglethorpe to the english crown. 5. who was king philip? a. the catholic bishop who founded rhode island b. the leader of the massachusetts puritans. c. the king of england in the mid-1600s d. metacom, the chief of wampanog.