It's tobacco because it's a crop from georgia
The first colonists were English settlers, wealthy landowners from the west indies, and enslaved Africans.
enslaved africans
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South Carolina
South Carolina
north carolina
Cotton plantations in the South (field work) and also to be house servants in the wealthy plantation owners' houses.
While most people were Africans a small group of French aristocrats controlled the government. (Apex)
It depended but usually wealthy colonists...
by trade
The colonists responded by turning the elite movement of the wealthy into a common movement of the people. The colonists went on to band together to fight the British.
As with all countries and places, not all the inhabitants are wealthy, indeed less than 1% of any countries citizens are wealthy.