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South was based on agricutlure why?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

When the southern colonies were formed, Britain was getting big into textiles. The South was an ideal place to grow cotton. The North was not as suitable for crop production, especially cotton and sugar cane. These were the primary high-demand crops that kept the South in agriculture.

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