because of the rich soil that is there
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along rivers
northern farms were mainly family farms southern farms more like plantations where based on a slave economy
150 to 200 peoples
The southern colonies were the warmest of all. Crops could be grown throughout the year. The climate was perfect for plantations.
Plantations, which were common in the American South and in the Caribbean. Features of these large agricultural concerns were the use of African Slave labor, monoculture (the growing of only one crop usually sold for cash, Cotton primarily in the South but also rice in the South Carolina Low Country, and of course sugar in the Caribbean) and the use of overseers and managers. The owners were usually absentee (living elsewhere) especially in the Caribbean.