The Southern Colonies Economy

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Southern Colonies The Southern Colonies were based mostly on economy. To begin with, the Southern Colonies economy concentrated on agriculture and developing plantations exporting tobacco. Another thing that the Southern Colonies depended on for their economy was exporting materials for shipbuilding, such as wood and tar. Lastly, the southern colonies was not fully dependent on tobacco as their cash crop, they also grew cotton, corn, vegetables, grain, fruit, sugar cane, rice, indigo, and livestock.