SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Tobacco
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Rice
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Indigo
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sugar cane was a cash crop grown on plantations, as was tobacco. Producing these crops and then selling them back to the European and growing American markets was the economic model that colonial America relied upon.
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: -Well-known cash crops include coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton, and sugarcane.
Detailed explanation-4: -Article. The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. 1585-1622 CE).
Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: Tobacco, rice, and indigo were the southern colonies’ most important cash crops.