Southern Colonies

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The Southern Colonies were the British colonial regions in North America known for their plantation-based economies, reliance on enslaved labor, and production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonies in North America
historical region
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Middle Colonies
climate humid
warm
colonizedBy England
Great Britain
composedOf Georgia Colony
Maryland Colony
North Carolina Colony
South Carolina Colony
Virginia Colony
country Kingdom of Great Britain
demographicFeature high proportion of enslaved population in some colonies
economyBasedOn agriculture
cash crops
governedAs proprietary colonies
royal colonies
hadEconomicSystem plantation economy
historicalSuccessor Southern United States
knownFor export-oriented agriculture
large landholdings
rural settlement patterns
laborSystem chattel slavery
indentured servitude
language English
locatedIn British America
North America
majorCrop cotton
indigo
rice
tobacco
majorExport indigo dye
naval stores
rice
tobacco
partOf Thirteen Colonies
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War
reliedOn enslaved labor
religion Anglicanism
Protestantism
socialStructure enslaved Africans
planter elite
small farmers
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
used plantation system


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