"When it comes to the relationship between American Indians and the Southern colonies, Bacon's Rebellion proved tha

Each promised freedom to slaves and servants who would join their cause. But Bacon's following was much greater than Berkeley's. In September of 1676, Bacon and his men set Jamestown on fire. ... Bacon's Rebellion demonstrated that poor whites and poor blacks could be united in a cause.

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It can stop it from being killed due to a local "disaster", like a fire, for example.

Explanation:

By planting seeds far from the parent plant, you are increasing the probability the genetics from the plant will survive because they are further from one another.  So, for example, let's say there is a forest fire, if they are close to one another, both the parent plant and seeds are likely to perish.  If they are separated by space, potentially one of the two won't be in the path of the fire and will survive.