The Agricultural South 3.2

Big Ideas MAIN IDEA: In the Southern colonies a predominately agricultural society developed. WHY IT MATTERS NOW: The modern south maintains many of its agricultural traditions.

Plantations Develop Cash Crops: grown for sale rather then personal use NC MD VA-- tobacco SC GA-- indigo and rice Plantation societies are more common than cities and towns

A Diverse Population German immigrants traveled to MD SC and VA to raise grain, tobacco, and livestock Many Scots and Scot-Irish lived in the hill sides of NC. Life was prosperous in the Southern colonies and the standard of living was high.

Southern Women Second class citizenship Only the wealthy were educated in the basics of reading, writing, and math Concentrated on domestic tasks

Slavery Becomes Entrenched While some white men were still indentured servants the practice was less popular Slaves: people who were the property of others, became popular in the South. Slaves were economically superior to indentured servants. By 1750 there are 200,000 slaves in the colonies

The Slave Trade The European slave trade had already developed in the West Indies Triangular Trade System The Middle Passage: traveled by Africans to becomes slaves; part of the Triangular Trade Route

Slavery In the South Those who survived the passage faced a life of work 80-90% of slaves worked in fields 10-20% were domestic: cooking, cleaning, raising children or becomes artisans Slave life was difficult and meant you were property till your death