The English started the Southern Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Southern Colonies were made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Jamestown, Virginia, was the first prosperous Southern Colony in America. The surrounding area was full of disease-carrying mosquitoes and the people who came were not suitable for farming eventually killing most of the residents by winter but John Smith forced them to work harder. Saving them from starvation.
The Southern Colony plantations started to plant cash crops like tobacco eventually sending it to Europe. This made them more of an Agrarian culture than New England with a religious beginning. The Southern colonies were started for economic purposes and they
The Southern Colony plantations started to plant cash crops like tobacco eventually sending it to Europe. This made them more of an Agrarian culture than New England with a religious beginning. The Southern colonies were started for economic purposes and they