Plantation owners needed big quantity's of on hand labor to grow tobacco, rice, and indigo.
They reacted by having everyone work in the industry. While the men were fighting the war or making things that support the war, the women were also involved in production of weaponry and supplies. Even the children joined the war effort as Hitler's Youth, which was like a program for children to join the support of the government. When things got really serious and dangerous they even sent the children to fight.
The main motivation for a German prisoner of war (POW) to work was to stay alive. It was very simple, if the prisoner of war was working then he/she was going to live, if the prisoner of war was not working then he/she would have been killed. In order to survive, the German prisoners of war had to work, and they did so, as they wanted to live. What was driving them the most was the hope that the Germans would be defeated and that they will be released, so that they can return to their normal lives. Lot of prisoners did managed to stay alive for that they, and the Germans did got defeated, so they were released and started with their lives all over again.
The Navigation Acts were a series of laws <span>put into place to encourage the 13 English colonies to trade with England.</span>
