well, i think that was tabacco, if it fits
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia
Indigo
Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia were reliant on cash crops.
They could grow rice in swampy areas.
they grew indigo, cotton, tobacco, and rice
Rice was the most profitable cash crop.
rice
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia
Indigo
Indigo
Indigo
Tobacco
Rice was SC's only export crop in colonial times until Eliza Lucas Pinckney began to grow indigo. That developed into SC's second industry.
Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia were reliant on cash crops.
The practice of slavery made the growing of cash crops profitable in the South. It was decades after slavery that mechanization made it extremely profitable again.
They could grow rice in swampy areas.
The first cash crop that was introduced to South Carolina was rice. After that was indigo and then tobacco.