USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which product was traded by Southern colonists who lived neat the coast?
A
wheat
B
tobacco
C
iron
D
timber
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The cash crops of the southern colonies included cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo (a plant that was used to create blue dye). In Virginia and Maryland, the main cash crop was tobacco. In South Carolina and Georgia, the main cash crops were indigo and rice.

Detailed explanation-2: -Southern Colonies Trade Cities like Charleston in South Carolina and Savannah in Georgia became some of the main centers of the slave trade. South colonies often traded directly with England with no merchant middlemen to slow down the process.

Detailed explanation-3: -The long growing season and warm, damp climate of the Southern Colonies made the region perfect for growing tobacco and rice. Many southern planters became very wealthy exporting these cash crops to other colonies and countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colonial economy depended on international trade. American ships carried products such as lumber, tobacco, rice, and dried fish to Britain. In turn, the mother country sent textiles, and manufactured goods back to America.

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