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to make large profits of the crops they found ;)

to all the people having hard times with these colonies! ;)

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The reason for settling in the southern part of the North American coast was to grow tobacco. The weather in the Carolinas and Georgia is warm and had fertile land. There was a strong European demand for this new "tobacco" and England's companies intended to make good profits.

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Individual investors came in search for gold, but instead found tobacco which was then dubbed a "cash crop" due to the influx of wealth it brought.

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to make large profits of the crops they found ;)

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