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The most profitable cash crops in the southern colonies were tobacco, rice, and indigo. These crops helped drive the economy of the region and required a large amount of labor, leading to the growth of plantation agriculture and the reliance on enslaved labor.
a large labor force
Growing cash crops is labor intensive. To provide this labor, many farmers became tenant farmers on the properties of large landowners. Indentured servants also worked to fulfill their contracts. The land owners also found it advantageous to buy slaves to provide the labor needed for the cash crops. Slavery became both politically and socially acceptable and was one long term result of the growth of cash crop farming. Another long term result was the loss of land by the Native Americans. As the land owners needed more land, either to replace land that was worn out by crops such as tobacco or to grow more crops, they traded various items to the Native Americans in exchange for their land. This caused the natives to lose control of their ancestral lands. Another long term result was the making of laws. Problems in price stability and quality arose and laws were made to counteract these problems.
Growing cash crops is labor intensive. To provide this labor, many farmers became tenant farmers on the properties of large landowners. Indentured servants also worked to fulfill their contracts. The land owners also found it advantageous to buy slaves to provide the labor needed for the cash crops. Slavery became both politically and socially acceptable and was one long term result of the growth of cash crop farming. Another long term result was the loss of land by the Native Americans. As the land owners needed more land, either to replace land that was worn out by crops such as tobacco or to grow more crops, they traded various items to the Native Americans in exchange for their land. This caused the natives to lose control of their ancestral lands. Another long term result was the making of laws. Problems in price stability and quality arose and laws were made to counteract these problems.
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A problem with cash crops is that they are labor-intensive and not economical without have enough labor to attend to them. When there are many workers to plant and harvest cash crops, then there is more profit.
A large labor force.
The most profitable cash crops in the southern colonies were tobacco, rice, and indigo. These crops helped drive the economy of the region and required a large amount of labor, leading to the growth of plantation agriculture and the reliance on enslaved labor.
threat to food security as the cash crops needed more time and labour....the time for cash crops clashed with the food crops for the family