The Southern Colonies' Plantation Economy Quiz

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Which region of the American colonies developed a plantation economy based on the mass production of cash crops?

  • Western colonies
  • Southern colonies (correct)
  • Eastern colonies
  • Northern colonies

Who were the first to bring enslaved people from Africa to the British colonies?

  • French settlers
  • Spanish settlers
  • English tobacco planters in Virginia (correct)
  • Dutch settlers

Which colonies had enslaved Africans living in them by the early 1700s?

  • Only the western colonies
  • Only the southern colonies
  • Only the northern colonies
  • All colonies (correct)

Who renounced slavery as immoral and joined the campaign to end the practice?

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What did the British and other Europeans gather in the Americas to trade with the motherland?

<p>Natural resources and agricultural crops (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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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.

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