Southern plantations were large and needed many workers, but most southern colonists lived on small family farms. plantations, but small farms were much more common.
The Middle Colonies had farms but not plantations. Southern Colonies had plantations and farms. (The plantations were bigger than the farms.)
plantations
Southern Colonies
Southern colonies had rich soil and warm climate
cash crops
mabye maybe not...:p
Southern Colonies
Land was divided into large farms called plantations primarily in the Southern Colonies. These plantations were used for the cultivation of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo, often relying on enslaved labor. In contrast, the New England Colonies and Middle Colonies typically had smaller farms and more diversified agriculture.
Well...all they did was use big farms(plantations) to harvest cotton.
Plantations for tobacco answered by dr.j-wad
plantations and large family farms
northern farms were mainly family farms southern farms more like plantations where based on a slave economy