SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Northern Carolina
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Southern Carolina
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout its history in South Carolina, most rice cultivation took place in the lowcountry, but production was distributed quite unevenly within this region.
Detailed explanation-2: -They came to work the rice, sugar, indigo, coffee, tobacco, and cotton plantations of the British, Portuguese, and Spanish colonies. These slaves were bought at a premium to work on a South Carolina rice plantation because they brought with them specific knowledge of rice production from West Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the first major cash crop agricultural system in Carolina, inland rice cultivation proved to be the foundation of the colony’s plantation complex. This system launched rice as a profitable export and enabled South Carolina planters to participate in the wider Atlantic World economy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The southern area had good farmland and many excellent harbors. Planters built rice plantations in the tidewater. The city of Charles Town, later called Charleston, grew large and wealthy. The northern part of Carolina had few harbors and was not as good for farming.