Plantation Economies

Cash Crops: These are crops grown specifically for sale rather than for personal use by the farmer. In plantation economies, these included tobacco, cotton and rice.

Slave Labor: This refers to work done by enslaved people against their will under threat of punishment or violence. It was a key component of plantation economies.

Southern Colonies: These were British colonies located south of New England in North America that had fertile soil suitable for large-scale farming and thus developed plantation economies.