What Are The Similarities Between North And South

The colonists of the North and the South had diverse ways of living, which was enhanced by their geological locations. The different climates and conditions of the North and South had a large impact on the economy, resources, and practices in this time period. Although the developing North and South both wanted to achieve success and had similar economic goals, the regions had different traits and characteristics that made them different from one another.

The land in the North wasn’t the best quality for farming yet small farms were present and most of the population of the north consisted of sustenance farmers. The North’s climate consisted of very cold winters, and land that wasn’t the best for farming. The North was able to gain profit from the crops that they grew and

In the South unlike the North crops were grown to be sold for money rather than sustenance farming in the north. These crops that were grown for sale were called cash crops and the South was able to produce them due to their geological location and good quality of soil. The South’s cash crops consisted of wheat, tobacco, rice, and indigo. These cash crops were what the South’s economy needed to sustain itself. Their economy mostly if not solely, depended on agricultural farming. In the South plantations were developing and increasing the production of cash crops that were beneficial for the prosperity of their economy. This large increase of plantations and farming in the South caused need for more labor, but because it was expensive to pay for labor plantation owners turned to slave labor to keep the same or more profit from the cash crops in the economy. Slaves during this time in the South were not treated the same as slaves in the North. Slaves in the South had endured cruel treatment and were put into full time work such as working on the plantation in the fields, or cooking and cleaning the homes of their