Question

Which of the following was a reason village and town life in New England was much less involved with slavery than was the South?
Puritans tended to have a poor work ethic, and New England farms required little labor.
A frigid climate and rocky soil prevented the region from developing a cash crop.
New Englanders were preoccupied with constant warfare with the French in Quebec.
The region experienced frequent cases of drought and could not sustain larger numbers of people.
There were very few traders and shopkeepers to buy and sell goods.

Answer 1

Answer:

A frigid climate and rocky soil prevented the region from developing a cash crop.

Explanation:

The main reason why hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans were brought to the American colonies was the existence of large plantations where cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, sugar, and cotton were grown.

These cash crops required warm climates, good soils, and more or less humid conditions which were not present in New England.

The Puritans, who made up the majority of the population in New England, also had stronger moral objectios against slavery (this is why abolitionism was so strong in New England), but from a materalist point of view, the answer is what was explained above.