SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Maryland
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Virginia
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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Detailed explanation-1: -British Museum, London. Much has been made of rice and cotton as Carolina’s historic cash crops. Both have been well-researched and documented, particularly by Richard Porcher, Ph.
Detailed explanation-2: -Once the richest colony in the world, Saint Domingue was a leader in the production of sugar, coffee, indigo, cacao, and cotton. Haiti’s early history is characterized by remarkable economic output. On the eve of the Haitian Revolution, Saint Domingue had become the most lucrative colony on earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Native corn became the most important grain for English colonists although they also planted European crops of wheat, rye, barley and oats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Estimates, however, show that the colony grew slowly from 1670 to 1730 and that most people were concentrated around Charleston.