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The planters of the Tidewater region, supported by slave labor, held most of the political power and the best land. They built great houses, adopted an aristocratic way of life, and kept in touch as best they could with the world of culture overseas.  \nThe yeoman farmers, who worked smaller tracts, sat in popular assemblies and found their way into political office. Their outspoken independence was a constant warning to the oligarchy of planters not to encroach too far upon the rights of free men. The settlers of the Carolinas quickly learned to combine agriculture and commerce, and the marketplace became a major source of prosperity. Dense forests brought revenue: Lumber, tar, and resin from the longleaf pine provided some of the best shipbuilding materials in the world. Not bound to a single crop as was Virginia, North and South Carolina also produced and exported rice and indigo, a blue dye obtained from native plants that was used in coloring fabric. By 1750 more than 100,000 people lived in  \nthe two colonies of North and South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina, was the region's leading port and trading center.  \nIn the southernmost colonies, as everywhere else, population growth in the backcountry had special significance. German immigrants and Scots-Irish, unwilling to live in the original Tidewater settlements where English influence was strong, pushed inland. Those who could not secure fertile land along the coast, or who had exhausted the lands they held, found the hills farther west a bountiful refuge. Although their hardships were enormous, restless settlers kept coming; by the 1730s they were pouring into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Soon the interior was dotted with farms.  \nLiving on the edge of Native-American country, frontier families built cabins, cleared the wilderness, and cultivated maize and wheat. The men wore leather made from the skin of deer or sheep, known as buckskin; the women wore garments of cloth they spun at home. Their food consisted of venison, wild turkey, and fish. They had their own amusements – great barbecues, dances, housewarmings for newly married couples, shooting matches, and contests for making quilted blankets. Quilt-making remains an American tradition today.  \n© Student Handouts, [Inc. www.studenthandouts.com](Inc. www.studenthandouts.com)  \nDirections: Read the text , then answer the questions below.  \n1. The Southern colonies were predominantly   settlements.  \na. nocturnal  \nb. rural  \nc. suburban  \nd. urban  \n2. The planters of what region, supported by slave labor, held most of the political power and the best land in the Southern colonies?  \n3. Whose outspoken independence was a constant warning to the oligarchy of planters not to encroach too far upon the rights of free men?  \n4. What is the name of the blue dye obtained from native plants that was used in coloring fabric?  \n5. What was the region’s leading port and trading center?  \n6. By the 1730s, settlers were pouring into what area of Virginia?  \n7. What is buckskin?  \n8. 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