Why did the British think they might find support in the southern colonies?
1 Answer
Historically, the southern colonies were given as large land holdings to friends of the King of England. New England was largely settled by Puritans, who had opposed the King during England's Civil War.
Explanation:
The British thought that the southern states, founded by wealthy friends of the King, would be more friendly to the King. Over the one hundred and more years after these colonies were founded, however, the population of poorer farmers had grown, and resented the King's friends as much as they resented the King. Furthermore, the southern aristocrats in several states, such as Virginia, had already come out strongly against the King, and the American Committees of Correspondence held to the policies already decided among themselves and by the Continental Congress.,
