The economy of the Middle Colonies was not characterized by plantation agriculture. The Southern Colonies had an economy based on plantation agriculture.
Family-owned farms
The geography affected the economy, occupations, and activities of the thirteen American colonies. The New England colonies were on rocky soil but had tons of forest area and was coastal so lumber and maritime occupations were at the forefront of their economy. The Middle Colonies included New York and Pennsylvania. Their economies were marked by lumber and manufacturing mills. The southern coloniesâ?? economy centered around tobacco and the plantation.
In the southern US States, the plantation economy flourished because of the soil's fertility and the warm climate. Two important crops were part of the plantation economy, cotton and tobacco. Each were in international demand. The advantage of working large plantations with slave labor also favored the plantation economy.
The basis of the economy in the Southern American colonies was tobacco and cotton exports. As the colonies expanded westward, and later when much of the South was part of the USA, cotton exports expanded. There was demand for cotton in England as well as in the New England textile mills.
1. The climate down south was warmer Which allowed for a longer growing season 2. The terrain up north was bumpy while the land down south was flat.
Cash crops grown on plantation
The plantation system was developed in the Southern colonies of the US. A plantation system/economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations.
Colonialism in the Caribbean relied on plantation agriculture. When Europeans established the plantation economy, labor was missing from the Caribbean.
Plantation
of plantation
they contribute to national economy by way of export exchange
The Southern Colonies' economy relied heavily on slave work and agriculture, typically the production of cotton.
The economy was very dependent on agriculture.
The economy was very dependent on agriculture.
agriculture
many of their crops were successful , and also their economy started to do well too.
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.