5 Questions
Which region of the American colonies developed a plantation economy based on the mass production of cash crops?
Southern colonies
Who were the first to bring enslaved people from Africa to the British colonies?
English tobacco planters in Virginia
Which colonies had enslaved Africans living in them by the early 1700s?
All colonies
Who renounced slavery as immoral and joined the campaign to end the practice?
Benjamin Franklin
What did the British and other Europeans gather in the Americas to trade with the motherland?
Natural resources and agricultural crops
Study Notes
Colonial Economy and Slavery
- The Southern colonies developed a plantation economy based on the mass production of cash crops.
- The Portuguese were the first to bring enslaved people from Africa to the British colonies.
- By the early 1700s, enslaved Africans were living in the Southern colonies, particularly in Virginia and Maryland.
- Some Quakers, such as George Fox, renounced slavery as immoral and joined the campaign to end the practice.
- The British and other Europeans gathered natural resources, such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar, in the Americas to trade with the motherland.
Test your knowledge of the Southern Colonies' plantation economy with this quiz! Explore how the British and other Europeans utilized the abundant natural resources and agricultural crops in the New World to establish a thriving economy based on cash crops.
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