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.

What motive did the federalists have for pushing the alien act through congress in 1798? a. the new law made immigrants pay higher taxes, which the federalists hoped would be used to pay the national debt and fund the military. b. the new law denied immigrants the right to vote because many immigrants supported thomas jefferson and the republicans. c. the new law required business owners to hire illegal aliens who hated the liberal republicans. d. the new law made immigrants wait 14 years before becoming citizens, a move the federalists hoped would keep them from voting for years. select the best answer from the choices provided abcd