The southern colonies:
The southern colonies were created mainly because of economic reasons. The southern colonies were generally warmer than the UK. The main idea behind setting up of the Southern colonies was to export tobacco and cotton back to UK.
This was also because UK was fearful of France and Spain to take up the southern colonies. These colonies were the major producers of cash crops. Virginia became the wealthiest colony due to its large tobacco production, and it was also the first successful southern colony.
The colonies were set up with the aim to race with other colonies and they developed into prosperous colonies with large profits on cash crops like tobacco, indigo, etc.
