1. CYurky Homer-Center US History 8
Colonial Economy
CYurky
Homer-Center
US History 8

2. Southern Colonies

3. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

4. Plantations small part of population lived on plantations
because land was sign of wealth; held all power

5. Plantations like New England towns (self-sufficient, tradesmen)
vast acreage
primogeniture

6. Tobacco grown in VA, MD, NC cash crop tidewater region
7 years depleted the soil
cash tied up

7. Rice
grown in SC and GA
staple in Europe
grows well in colonies

8. Indigo
dye made from seed
English textile companies highly desired it

9. Backcountry

10. the area west of the fall line
Appalachian Mountains and west
Lived in the Piedmont

11. Settlers
Many Scots-Irish settlers
Small farmers
Cleared land

12. Settlers
Self-sufficient
Depended on travelling peddlers