USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indigo formed a significant part of the South Carolina economy for approximately fifty years, from the late 1740s to the late 1790s. During that period, indigo (or, more specifically, indigo dyestuff) was South Carolina’s second most valuable export, behind rice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rice planting was extremely profitable–Charleston rice exports rose from 10, 000 pounds in 1698 to over 20 million pounds by 1730–and South Carolina’s tidal swamps were well-suited for it. Because of the seasonal nature of rice and indigo, both crops could be grown using the same labor force.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 1600’s, South Carolina agriculture included cotton, indigo and tobacco.