Mostly subsistence farming although some farmers did raise cash crops.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
The middle and southern colonies' campaigns were important because they were the melting pot of that age. The middle colonies had lots of religions and cultures, while the southern colonies had vegetation. They used this to create what we call a melting pot.
In colonial days, it is likely that subsistence farming was used in all of the colonies. Some plantations sold their products locally and across the oceans, but people generally lived off the land.
award tracks of land to new arrivals in the colonies
Award tracts of land to new arrivals in the colonies.
Many colonies in the Americas used slave labor for farming, but notably the southern colonies of British North America, such as Virginia and South Carolina, relied heavily on enslaved Africans to work in their tobacco and rice fields.
The type of farming practiced in the New England colonies was subsistence farming. New England colonies used this method because their thin, rocky soil prevented them from planting great crops.
The Southern Colonies of Colonial America mostly used plantation farming. The climate was hot, muggy, damp, and the area prone to rains, storms, and hurricanes.
In the south, slaves were used mainly for farming. The southern colonies' staple crop was rice. The middle colonies' staple crop was tobacco.
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.
Farming
The group of colonies that grew cash crops on plantations and used black slaves for farming were centralized. These colonies were in the south.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
The Southern Colonies in colonial America depended greatly on the crops they grew. These crops required special care with the use of a variety of handheld farming tools. These tools included axes, hoes, sickles, and bellows.
When speaking about the British-American colonies, the ones in the Southern part of their colonies grew cotton and tobacco for export and domestic use. The labor of African Black slaves worked the fields.
In New England, farming was more diversified, with small family farms growing crops like corn, wheat, and vegetables. The rocky soil and shorter growing season meant smaller farms and fewer slaves were used. In the southern colonies, farming was dominated by large plantations growing cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo. The fertile soil and longer growing season allowed for larger farms and greater use of slaves.
Lumber was a very important resource in the northern colonies. These were used for building. Once, one third of all British navy ships were made in New England. The land was not used for farming, like the southern colonies. Other products in the north were fish and pelts.