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hobbies and interests beekeepingWhat was agriculture like in the southern colonies?
The Southern Colonies had warm and damp climate, which meant growing plants was easy. Virginia and Maryland's major cash crop was tobacco. North Carolina's main cash crop was pine forests. South Carolina and Georgia's main cash crops were rice and indigo.
Herein, what were the Southern colonies known for?
The Southern Colonies concentrated on agriculture and developed the plantations exporting tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit and livestock. The Southern Colonies had the largest slave population who worked on the Slave Plantations. Plantations grew cotton, tobacco, indigo (a purple dye), and other crops.
Just so, what crops did the colonies grow?
The harvests gathered by colonial farmers included an expansive number of crops: beans, squash, peas, okra, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, and peanuts. Maize (corn), and later rice and potatoes were grown in place of wheat and barley which were common European crops that did not take readily to eastern American soil.
They were very successful due to a warm climate, rich soil, and long growing season. These conditions promoted an agricultural based economy in the South. They grew rice, indigo, and tobacco.