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Well, actually the southern plantations grew only a single cash crop. Which was tobacco, then when the middle passage, and the slaves came to the south, tobacco was no longer the cash crop. It was cotton

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Why was the economy of the southern colonies dependent on large plantations when?

The economy of the southern states(not colonies) was dependent on large plantations due to the production of cotton, the souths cash crop during the 1800's.


What was the major economy of the southern colonies?

The South was a cash crop economy of cotton and tobacco.


What was the cash crop that kept the southern farmers wealthy?

Tobacco was the best cash crop in the southern colonies :P


Do the middle Connies have plantations?

No. Plantations were only in the south and not the middle colonies. They had small cash crop farms.


Why was the cotton grown on the Southern plantations referred to as cash crops?

Cash crops needed a lot of people to work them and slavery was cheap.


Which of theses cash crops was grown on Southern plantations?

Southern plantations primarily grew cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, rice, and sugarcane. Cotton became the dominant crop in the 19th century, particularly with the invention of the cotton gin, which made processing more efficient. Tobacco was also a significant crop earlier in the colonial period. These crops were labor-intensive and heavily relied on enslaved labor.


What were large farms called that grew only one cash crop?

plantations


A single crop grown for sale?

cash crop


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.


What was NOT a cash crop for the Southern Colonies?

grass


What did the southerns eat?

in the southern colonies,the farming there was done on plantations. there were humongous plantations there. on the plantations, they grew cash crops. they grew crops such as indigo and rice. the most popular crop was tobacco. as jobs, people worded as ship builders, iron workers, slave catchers, and slave drivers.


What was a large southern farm that only grew one crop?

cash crop