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Cash crop list several for southern colonies?

The cash crop list from several southern colonies included rice, corn, tea and coffee. However, tobacco was the main cash crop in most colonies.


The economy of the southern colonies was dependent on what?

wheat, grain, corn, barly, oats, rye, beans, peas, pumpkins, squash, turnips, apple trees, berries


Why did slavery begin in colonial america?

well slavery beginned in colonial America because in 1619 1700 that slavery became the main labor force in the southern colonies the development of the cotton and tobacco crop as a major profit crop saw the increase of that peculiar instituition as the plantation system was developed to grow more and more cotton and tobacco


Was there a high demand for slave labor in the south?

There was a high demand for slave labor in the south because the southern colonies had warm climate and fertile soil which made farming it's main economy.There were longer growing seasons which made more plants and crops to be grown.This meant more slaves to work on plantations for people.


What was the southern colonies main cash crop?

If you are talking about the southern colonies during the Civil War, their main cash crops would have been tobacco or cotton. Due to the environment, their location was ideal during the time for such products, as well as plantation life (seeing that the south used slave labor to pick such crops). If you recall the Anaconda Embargo the North placed on the South during the war, it was enplaced in order to try to "suffocate" the South by taking away their main source of revenue, cash crops, which they traded with foreign countries in order to finance the war.

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What were the southern colonies problems problems?

Cash crops were the main source of income of the southern colonies. So the people had plenty only during the harvest time. Life expectancy grew downwards due to outbreak of diseases and poor sanitation. Labor force was required in large numbers. There were frequent religious dissenters.


What is the main crops in the southern colonies?

The main cash crops in the Southern Colonies were rice, tobacco, and indigo.


What were the main colonies that make up the southern colonies?

to make money


What was the Southern colonies main crop?

cotton


What was the main relegion of the southern colonies?

Catholic


What were the subjects of southern colonial writers?

who are the main writers of southern colonies


What did the middle colonies and southern colonies have in common?

well a similarity in the new England colonies is that shipbuilding was a main industry and in the southern colonies it was to


What was the main industry in the southern colonies?

The Southern colonies economic activity was mainly agricultural. Some of the main crops that were grown were rice and tobacco.


What was the northern of southern colonies main crop?

tobacco


What is the main labor force in the south?

slaves


What is the main cash crop in each of the southern colonies?

Probably wheat


Was corn eaten in the southern colonies?

Yes, it was their main cash crop