Southern Colonies Region Notes
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Southern Colonies: Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia
Geography/Location
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Appalachian Mtns.,
Coastal Plain
Good harbors & rivers
Humid climate with mild winters &
hot summers
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Long growing seasons
Southern Colonies
Resources
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Natural: fertile farmlands, rivers and harbors
Human: farmers, enslaved African Americans
Capitol: tools and buildings
Specialization
• Plantations and small farms to grow and sell cash crops
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Tobacco , rice , cotton , & indigo
forest products
• Social/Political
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Social: Large landowners/plantation
plantation owners – small villages with a planter’s house and lots of
fields to farm with indentured servants & slaves
Civic: Counties