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The Southern Colonies: Plantations and Cash Crops
Investigate how a long growing season and rich soil led to a plantation economy dependent on tobacco, rice, indigo, and enslaved labor.

Investigate how a long growing season and rich soil led to a plantation economy dependent on tobacco, rice, indigo, and enslaved labor.
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5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS
6 lessons
Compare early European colonial empires in North America and investigate the distinct geographic, political, and economic foundations of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.