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Because they exported cash crops like rice.

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Q: Why did South Carolina planters become such a wealthy elite?
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Why did many planters from Barbados relocate to the Carolina colony?

There was more space to grow sugarcane is Carolina


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It was the best way to grow large cash crops.


What the goal of the wealthy planters in the south?

To have an aristocratic society like that in England


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What was the nationality of colonists from colonial South Carolina?

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England granted land to eight proprietors in the South Carolina area in 1663. The first settlers came in 1670. They were mostly wealthy planters and their slaves emigrating from Barbados. They started growing sugar and cotton. They first kicked out the Native Americans, and then they refused to be ruled by the proprietors, seeking more direct representation. North Carolina was part of the same colony... it split off in 1729.


How did a plantation economy help planters in the south become the south become wealthy?

It was the best way to grow large cash crops.


People who controlled the south's economy?

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Did Creek Indians sell war captives and their families to South Carolina planters as slaves?

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Why did many South Carolina planters live in Charles town for part of the year?

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Who held the most political and economic power in the south?

small farmers formed the majority of the southern population, the planters controlled much of the south's economy.