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The Southern Colonies occupants settled there in search of economic prosperity. They were the land of opportunities for them because of its:
Geographical conditions:
Region: Coastal region with tidelands
Climate: Warm and moist
Soil: Highly fertile due to mineral-rich tideland, most suited for growing cash crops like tobacco, indigo, cotton, pine forests etc.
Plantations: The plantation owners were wealthy and the workers were African slaves
Navigation: Rivers
Government: British Colonial Government
Religion: Free to follow their religion like Catholics, Methodists, Baptists etc
Housing: The rich plantation owners and others stayed in posh houses in Charles Town but the slaves had to settle in the plantations
Food: They had a variety of food like fruits, vegetable, fishes, rice, bread, wild game, and other animals which they reared
Children: Well mannered and cultured; well educated with reading, writing, and arithmetic and prayers; had tutors, schools, and colleges. The children of slaves were not sent to school.