USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the successful cultivation of cash crops in the Chesapeake colonies, the Southern colonies were also founded to continue creating large plantations.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: Tobacco, rice, and indigo were the southern colonies’ most important cash crops.