Question

Which of these Southern colonies had the first colonial representative body and depended on exporting tobacco? Georgia Virginia Delaware the Carolinas

Answer 1

Virginia

Virginia established the House of Burgesses which was a representative body for the colony. Landowning men were allowed to participate in decisions for the colony.

The colony also relied on tobacco as a means of money. The colony was a cash crop colony with plantations. The whole region would come to rely on cash crops and the plantation system.

Answer 2

It was Virginia that had the first colonial representative body and depended on exporting tobacco, since this was one of the most prominent colonies of all.