By the eighteenth century, colonial farm families: a. engaged in arranged intermarriages. b. viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom. c. saw freedom as depending on their political rights, not their ownership of property. d. almost always owned at least three slaves. e. were in decline as bigger cities like Philadelphia expanded.

The correct answer is letter "B": viewed land ownership almost as a right, a precondition of freedom.

Explanation:

In the 18th century, the U.S. southern farms allocated a big part of the economic activities of the country. Tobacco, wheat, cotton, and oat crops where necessary and mainly traded to the northern states. The introduction of railroads facilitated the commerce of the commodities but high shipping rates were charged to farmers. The farm activity was such important that land ownership was frequently considered as a right during those years.

the answer to this question would be shared investment