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=__**Section 2 - The Agricultural South**__= - Southern colonies raised a single cash crop - Cash crop: crop that is mostly for sale and not for the use of the farmer - Plantations were built instead of towns - Southern colonies turned into a self-sufficient and wealthy society
 * A Plantation Economy Arises:**

//A Diverse and Prosperous People// //-// Because many Europeans immigrated to North America, the population of the colonies grew diverse - Life of many colonists in the 1700s was great, because of successful trading of tobacco - Many colonists lived as prosperous and wealthy people
 * Life in Southern Society:**

//The Role of Women// - Women were second class citizens, meaning they had less rights than men - They were educated only a little compared to men - Mostly educated in domestics tasks, such as sewing and embroidery - Women followed their husbands' will

//Indentured Servants// - Indentured Servants were people who worked and serviced in North America to avoid life of prison or poverty - Most of them lived through harsh labor in North America, and had very few rights - Indentured servants made up a lot of the population of the Southern Colonies - At the end of the century, the population of indentured servants grew less and less. The Southern colonists, in need of labor force, started to rely on African slaves

//The Evolution of Slavery// //-//
 * Slavery Becomes Entrenched**