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...bles. It was also a commercial industry for them also. They would ship goods through the rivers although it was a very slow process. For example if Europe wanted goods such as furs; they would ship it through boat and get money from it. The “South” supported themselves through agricultural economy and plantations. Theses people were highly affiliated with the crop “tobacco”. People from all around the world wanted this crop so it was a huge economic success. They grew the tobacco plant from the plantations. The plantations were huge farms and all the work that was needed to be done couldn’t be done by a few people; they need labor so they would have mass amounts of the crop. They found labor by buying slaves. Each plantation would have a large number of slaves. Colonial life wasn’t as easy as it seemed. Shipping in the north was extremely slow and couldn’t ge...