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Why were there fewer cities in the southern colonies?

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The Southern Colonies had an agricultural economy. The climate was good for growing crops. Planters used enslaved Africans to do the hard work needed to grow tobacco and rice. The Southern Colonies had fewer towns and cities than other colonies.

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