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Who made up the labor force on the plantations in the southern colonies?
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The labor force of the southern colonies consisted of indentured servants and?
Slaves from Africa.
Slavery Was Introduced to the British colonies to provide labor for?
Plantations
What factors made slavery more beneficial to the southern colonies than the New England colonies or the middle colonies?
In the southern colonies, the land was better for growing crops, so there were a lot more farms and plantations. Because there were so many farms and plantations, these places needed more cheap easy labor. In the New England colonies, the soil was rocky, and not good for farming. In the Middle colonies, there was some farming, but not a lot.Answer (OCinneide)The northern colonies were primarily industrial based while the south was primarily agricultural. The north needed skilled labor which could not be supplied by slave labor, while the cheap unskilled slave labor was very useful to the farmers and plantation owners of the south.
What contributed most of the success of the southern colonies?
the succes of the southern colonies relied on the cash crops of tobaco and cotton
Who used West African slaves as the labor force on plantations?
Lebanese
Which colonial region had many plantations and depended on slave labor?
Southern colonies
The labor force of the southern colonies consisted of indentured servants and?
Slaves from Africa.
How did the search for a viable labor force affect the development of the southern colonies?
Needing more workers to work in plantations so they seeked workers ( slaves ) from africa which helped produce a strong flow of produce.
How did the search for a viable labor force affect the development of southern colonies?
Needing more workers to work in plantations so they seeked workers ( slaves ) from Africa which helped produce a strong flow of produce.
What activities was common in the Southern colonies but not the New England colonies?
Cotton and tobacco growing and slave trading. While Rhode Island did have quite a lot of slave trading, the Southern colonies had huge plantations with slave labor. Slaves were bought and sold and forced to work on these plantations with no pay and poor conditions.
What area of Africa was least affected by the slave trade?
Southern states/colonies where plantations needed the labor to maintain their life style.
What was the major economy of the southern colonies?
The South was a cash crop economy of cotton and tobacco.
Slavery Was Introduced to the British colonies to provide labor for?
Plantations
Which colonies relied most on slave labor?
Southern Colonies.
Southern colonies developed an economy based on what?
The South's economy was based on Farming. They used African American Slaves to do the work. There were few factories, unlike the North who had an industrial economy.
What were two southern colonies initially opposed to slavery?
The colonies of Georgia and North Carolina initially opposed slavery. However once plantations begin being built there was a need for cheap labor and slavery was accepted.
What factors made slavery more beneficial to the southern colonies than the New England colonies or the middle colonies?
In the southern colonies, the land was better for growing crops, so there were a lot more farms and plantations. Because there were so many farms and plantations, these places needed more cheap easy labor. In the New England colonies, the soil was rocky, and not good for farming. In the Middle colonies, there was some farming, but not a lot.Answer (OCinneide)The northern colonies were primarily industrial based while the south was primarily agricultural. The north needed skilled labor which could not be supplied by slave labor, while the cheap unskilled slave labor was very useful to the farmers and plantation owners of the south.
