The Southern Colonies of British America consisted of the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The Colony and Dominion of Virginia and the Province of Maryland have also been considered a part of the Southern Colonies. The hope of gold, resources, and virgin lands drew English colonists to the Southern Colonies.

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  • The Southern Colonies of British America consisted of the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The Colony and Dominion of Virginia and the Province of Maryland have also been considered a part of the Southern Colonies. The hope of gold, resources, and virgin lands drew English colonists to the Southern Colonies. Their economy was driven by plantations, initially worked by indentured servants, a labor force which was largely replaced in the early 18th century by slaves imported from Africa, except for Georgia, where most plantations were worked by debtors. Colonial South Carolina relied mainly on the Indian slave trade and [[deerskin harvested using slave labor. Other cash crops included sugar cane, cotton, tobacco, indigo, rice, and slaves. Throughout the colonies, the government, subject to the Crown and royal governors, was dominated mainly by planters and farmers, and consisted only of men and landowners. The land was flat, mostly, with little to no harbors and a long growing season for crops. Georgia The Georgia Colony founder was James Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded mainly to form a barrier between Spanish Florida and South Carolina. The Carolinas Charles II gave most of the land to eight of his supporters. They founded a the Carolina, meaning Charles, colonies.
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  • The Southern Colonies of British America consisted of the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The Colony and Dominion of Virginia and the Province of Maryland have also been considered a part of the Southern Colonies. The hope of gold, resources, and virgin lands drew English colonists to the Southern Colonies.
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  • Southern Colonies
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