Why did so few cities develop in the southern colonies?
a. large plantation owners feared the growth of cities would decrease their wealth and used political power to prevent it.
b. the population in the southern colonies was so spread out that few cities were able to develop.
c. the south simply did not have enough resources to develop a large city, so they developed plantations instead.
d. southern colonists believed cities led to crime and other immoral activity and prevented their growth in the south.