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Southern Colonies

by Kylie P.

Pages 4 and 5 of 9

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Come to the Sunny Southern Colonies if you want to make some money.
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The Southern Colonies grew cash crops such as tobacco and rice on their plantations. They also sold indigo to make money. The other Colonies however just traded, sold food from animals, lumbered, fished and built ships.
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Does helping make you feel good? Well I know a place where you can help - The Southern Colonies.
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In the Southern Colonies British men came to help the poor avoid debtor's prison. Which is when you can't pay your bill so you go to jail. Sending debtors to Georgia was a way for the poor, instead of going to jail gave them a new start to earn a living in the new colony. They also gave the debtors 50 acres of land for free.