Southern Colonies
The Southern Colonies
The Southern Colonies
It's made up of the colonies of:
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Questions
How were the crops?
How were the crops?
Thanks to the weather, and with rich soil they grew crops of all sorts.
What happened thanks to the crops?
What happened thanks to the crops?
Plantations were the base of their economy. Large farms where cash crops were produced.
How was the economy moving?
How was the economy moving?
People thought the work slaves did kept the economy moving.
Characteristics
Better climate
Better climate
Climate that's much warmer than up north.
African slaves
African slaves
The labor of African slaves who were taken from their home countries and forced on the plantation.
They were beaten and treated as less than human.