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Southern Colonies

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Made by Kate W.

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All you need to do is switch, and you'll be rich. Switch to the Southern Colonies.

Reasons For Founding

Are you a Catholic? Go to Maryland, it was founded for a safe place for people like you to live.

In Jail? Go to Georgia, it was founded for people like you!

Wanting to get rich? Go to South Carolina, North Carolina, or Virginia! They were founded for that reason.

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Great Geography For Growing

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Unlike many other regions, the south has warm summers and mild winters good for farming indigo, rice, tobacco, wheat, and corn!

The Southern’s Economy

Farming is an enormous industry in the South, and is a huge amount of their economy. Though, if you don’t love farming you can trade with the Natives, build ships, or even cut down trees!

However, if you are interested in farming; cotton, indigo, tobacco, corn, and wheat grow really well in the south.

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Some cool facts about the Southern colonies!

The Battle of Yorktown, also known as the turning point in the Revolutionary War, was fought in Virginia!

A good amount of the Revolutionary War was fought in the Southern colonies and you can stand right where battles were fought.

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Don't Go to Those Wretched Places!

The New England Colonies are too cold and boring. Plus, people can barely grow things there, and it is hard to survive in a place with such harsh winters.

Why go to The Middle Colonies when they don't have special indigo dyes like the Southern? Plus, they have half summer and half winter, while in the South we've got summer all year long!

Why have slaves in the Middle Colonies when they don't have plantations?

Map of how approximately how many slaves there were.