USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The crops that were grown were called cash crops because they were harvested for the specific purpose of selling to others. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Main Idea Cash crops grew very well in the Southern Colonies. 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-3: -Settlers in the Southern colonies came to America to seek economic prosperity they could not find in Old England. The English countryside provided a grand existence of stately manors and high living. But rural England was full, and by law those great estates could only be passed on to the eldest son.

Detailed explanation-4: -What were the main cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies? The main cash crops in the Southern Colonies were tobacco, rice (called Carolina gold in South Carolina), and indigo.

Detailed explanation-5: -With ideal climate and available land, property owners in the southern colonies began establishing plantation farms for cash crops like rice, tobacco and sugar cane-enterprises that required increasing amounts of labor.