DE History (What factors shaped Colonial Settlement): What was the Southern Colonies Economy?

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What was the Southern Colonies Economy?

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-Coast: Plantation, cash crops
(cotton, tobacco, rice)
Labor: Enslaved persons
-Inland: Smaller farms, hunting
Labor: Poor whites and indentured
servants

DE History (What factors shaped Colonial Settlement)

What was the Southern Colonies Economy?

-Coast: Plantation, cash crops (cotton, tobacco, rice) Labor: Enslaved persons -Inland: Smaller farms, hunting Labor: Poor whites and indentured servants

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