The Southern colonies economic activity was mainly agricultural. Some of the main crops that were grown were rice and tobacco.
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rice and indigo were found only in southern colonies
the southern colonies industry's is the major jobs like tobacco, rice, indigo (which is a plant to make blue die.)
southern colonies: fertile soil, warm and humid weather, almost no industry, short winters middle colonies:mix of new England and southern colonies New England colonies: rocky and thin soil, long winters, relied on industry and shipbuilding and trade
The main industry in the Southern States was farming. The most prevalent crops were cotton and tobacco. The Southern States, before the Civil War, sold these crops to the Northern States and in European markets.
Because it made bulk transport of cotton to the coast and from there overseas the easiest. Cotton was an export industry, and the Southern colonies were untill the Civil War the biggest producers in the world.