economic reasons
The English settled in the Southern Colonies.
English,Scottish, and enslaved workers
South Carolina was one of the original colonies in the United States. It was settled by Europeans in the 16th century, and founded in the 17th century.
Mostly from Britain, though Florida was settled by Spain.
Actually, both those groups settled in the northerncolonies.
The Southern Colonies were agricultural lands. It was mostly populated by the upper class of England who owned the lands and their slaves who worked on the land. These slaves were mostly African.
The southern colonies were primarily settled by English colonists seeking economic opportunities, religious freedom, and land ownership. The Virginia Company established the first successful colony at Jamestown in 1607, followed by the founding of Maryland by Lord Baltimore in 1634. The Carolinas were settled by English planters in the late 17th century, while Georgia was established as a buffer colony by James Oglethorpe in 1732. These colonies relied heavily on cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo, and utilized enslaved labor from Africa to support their agricultural economies.
German immigrants settled the middle colonies.
New England,Southern,Northern Technically, there is four: New England,Southern,Middle,AND Backcountry :]
i dont now. look it up some where else i was looking for it first.
i dont now. look it up some where else i was looking for it first.
The southern colonies were settled by either the English, French or the Spanish. The deep south, from Florida to Louisiana were settled by the Spanish or French and going up the Atlantic coast from Georgia were mostly settled by the English. As a matter of fact Georgia is name for King George II, the king of England in the early 1700s.