SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Rice was grown everywhere except Maryland.
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Rice was only grown were the land was dry and tobacco was grown on John Rolfe’s plantation.
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Indigo was grown in Georgia and South Carolina, while tobacco was grown in Virginia.
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Lumber was grown in the trees of Virginia and furs were grown in Georgia and south Carolina
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Virginia and Maryland, the main cash crop was tobacco. In South Carolina and Georgia, the main cash crops were indigo and rice. The cash crops grown in each colony depended on which crop grew best in that colonies’ type of soil.
Detailed explanation-2: -The settlement of northern and southern Carolina were very different. Settlers from Virginia seeking more land, while settlers in the Southern part of the colony were coming from the West Indies and Europe mostly settled Northern Carolinas.
Detailed explanation-3: -In social and economic character the two colonies differed sharply. North Carolina found that its tobacco and naval stores, shipped from poor harbours, offered much less revenue than South Carolina’s staples. It had no merchants and ship captains to match those of Charleston, and it had very few great planters.
Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to crops like cotton and tobacco, rice and indigo became major cash crops in Colonial Georgia. African slaves were brought in by the thousands to labor on large plantations.
Detailed explanation-5: -One was rice, which flourished in the hot, wet tidewater region. Planters learned methods for growing rice from enslaved African workers. They brought their knowledge of rice growing from West Africa, where rice was an important food. The other major cash crop in South Carolina and Georgia was indigo.