USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following describes Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia in the mid-1700s?
A
These areas were not colonies by the 1700’s
B
Middle Colonies
C
Southern Colonies
D
New England Colonies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -South Carolina became one of the wealthiest early colonies largely due to exports of cotton, rice, tobacco, and indigo dye. Much of the colony’s economy was dependent upon the stolen labor of enslaved people that supported large land operations similar to plantations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonial Georgia’s colony had lush, fertile lands. Being one of the larger southern colonies, Georgia had many forests, trees, vegetation, and wild animals. The various swampy areas made Georgia, and the Southern colonies, perfect for farming, growing, and producing rice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Oglethorpe imagined a province populated by “sturdy farmers” who could guard the border; because of this, the colony’s charter prohibited slavery. The ban on slavery was lifted by 1751 and the colony became a royal colony by 1752.

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