USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The five Southern Colonies who introduced the system of plantations were composed of the Maryland Colony, Virginia Colony, North Carolina Colony, South Carolina Colony and the Georgia Colony. The reason that plantations sprang up in the South was due to the geography and climate of the Southern colonies areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Middle Colonies consisted of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The climate of was mild and the soil proved fertile for farming. Many farmers in the Middle Colonies produced cash crops such as wheat and corn. Mining was also lucrative in the middle colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -An individual who owned a plantation was known as a planter. Historians of the antebellum South have generally defined “planter” most precisely as a person owning property (real estate) and 20 or more slaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most people in the Southern Colonies were Anglican (Baptist or Presbyterian), though most of the original settlers from the Maryland colony were Catholic, as Lord Baltimore founded it as a refuge for English Catholics.