USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern Colonies had an agricultural economy. Most colonists lived on small family farms, but some owned large plantations that produced cash crops such as tobacco and rice. Many slaves worked on plantations.

Detailed explanation-2: -South Carolina-Rice and Indigo. Rice was grown successfully in South Carolina as early as 1680. By the early 18th century, with the slave system established on a large scale, rice became a major export crop of the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern Colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. This region’s geography favored cash crops. Rich men came to this region from Great Britain. They grew cash crops such as tobacco and rice on their plantations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The tobacco colonies were those that lined the sea-level coastal region of English North America known as Tidewater, extending from a small part of Delaware south through Maryland and Virginia into the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina (the Albemarle Settlements).