What did the Southern Colonies farm?
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cotton, tobacco, rice, indigo
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My denomination, Southern Baptist, supported slavery.  Southern Baptist's had lots of cotton and tobacco farms in the south.\n\nI'm glad I wasn't around when that was going on.  It's not something to be proud of.
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Well, the early colonies didn't have techonoly, cars, music like today, movies, clothes, food, the knowledge, and the books that we have today. There are PLENTY of changes from today and the colonies. It's pretty simple if you sit down and think about it.
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Palmettos are our state tree. It goes back to colonial times.
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Well that is complex. But to start off before the war. The north and the south differed greatly. The south was a farming area(mostly very labor intensive products like cotton) hence the need for slavery in the south's eyes. Where the north was mostly industrial compared to the south. So more machines and less hand labor. The reason this is important is because a factory can be rebuild. But farm land takes a lot of money to redo and a lot of time to start producing again. Well after the war the South lost its way of life and it lost it way of surviving. After the war the south was pretty well destroyed.  The farms and there crops were gone burned, destroyed, or used by the union forces. Also after the war the south was occupied by northern troops for many years to come. But southern people at the time also believed they were right on the issue of slavery. That is part of the reason the civil war happened. But basically it all of this combined as to why I believe the south is still hung up on the civil war.
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the peasants grew the food, the lords ate it.  \n\nthe lords used their soldiers  and defended the peasants from other, even more obnoxious lords.
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Down South!!!! Southerns kick a$$! the country,the cowboys,the mud ridin,the hunting,the fishing,the cows,the food....everything is better down south.(ex. alabama)
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Yes some plants and animals are farmed in the oceans. Sea weed such as kelp and many shell fish such as oysters and mussles are being farmed today. There are also hatcheries. These are places where some fish are born then let loose in the wild where they return to spawn. Some hatcheries raise fish till they are old enough to "harvest", then put to market.
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Empire State of the South
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they got it from rivers and stuff.  they used it to wash, drink, boil, cook food with, water crops, etc.
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southern united states
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It was called "triangular comerce". It involved slavery, rhum and cotton.\n\nShips would buy cotton from the souther States before the civil war, trade part of it for rhum in the carabean and set sail to Europe, where they sold the rest. After, they would set sail to Africa to get slavs in exchange for some rhum and money and go back to Southern United Stated to trade it all for cotton and the cicle continued.
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They were farmers. They planted crops in large clearings in the woods. They raised corn, beans and squash. They also hunted the deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels and other animals in the pine woods around them. The women would gather wild plant food like acorns, black berries, persimmons, roots and many other plants and fruits. But, farming corn, beans, and squash provided the main source of food. Hunting parties of men would be formed to travel west onto the Southern Plains were there were many buffalo at certain times of the year. This was a long trip that could take several weeks. The men would dry the buffalo meat to preserve it so they could carry it home. They also saved the valuable buffalo skins to tan and use as robes. Buffalo skins with the hair on them are very soft and warm.\n\nFor food these Indians farmed corn, beans, squash and other crops. They would also hunt deer and gather berries, roots, and nuts. Early European explorers reported finding the woods cleared like a European park. This means the grass was short and the undergrowth was cleared away. The Indians did not have tractors or lawn mowers to do this. They would set fires in the woods to burn away the old taller grass and small shrubs and bushes without hurting the old trees with thick bark. If this is done every year or so, the fire keeps the undergrowth out. The Indians would do this in the fall and winter. In the spring new green grass would get more sun and grow better on the burned areas than in undergrowth. This tender green grass would attract deer and animals to hunt. These fires also made it easier to find acorns and nuts on the ground. The Southeastern Indians used a lot of acorns for food. So these fires were useful and not destructive. This is one way the Indians controlled their environment.
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By supplies I am assuming you mean the original ones shipped from England. Any colony in that time period would have gunpowder and firearms as well as edged steel weapons of various kinds. There would probably be some European livestock. Medicinal supplies. Salt fish, salt beef, salt pork, flour and other such staples. Bar iron for blacksmiths to work. Knives, glass beads and other such trinkets as trade goods.
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The British colonies sent rice, tobacco, indigo, and furs to Britain. Britain sent cloth and manufactured goods to the West Indies.  The West Indies sent goods to the British colonies.\n\nThe West Indies sent sugar, molasses, and fruit to Britain.  Britain sent iron, cloth, and weapons to Africa.  Africa sent enslaved persons to West Indies. \n\nThe West Indies sent molasses to the British colonies.  The British colonies sent rum, iron, and tools to Africa.  Africa sent enslaved persons, gold, and pepper to the West Indies.
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Consider this- the North had the factories and the ability to ship goods produced by those factories for export, the South had plantations with a lot fewer ways of shipping the goods (cotton, etc.) to the factories where the cotton, etc. was made into other things(virtually no way to export goods).
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Lincoln asked them to abolish slavery. The Southern Sates did not agree as that would mean losing their entire workforce which worked in their plantations and farms and were the source of their wealth and economy.\n\nFaced with no choice, the Southern States left, what followed was the Civil War.