Life In The British Colonies

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is a main town in each county. A county is a large part of the colony.
Colonies with cash crops would take their crops to the county seat several
times a year to sell them and buy imports.
The cities were developed in the middle 1700's along the Atlantic
coast where there were good harbors. Ships docked at these harbors and
brought imports from England and left with exports from the colonies. An
export is goods that were to be sold to other colonies. The first cities
were New York City, Philadelphia, and Charleston. These triangle trade
routes linked Britain, the British colonies and Africa. These countries
traded with each other. Most cities grew because of this trade.
A plantation is when farmes planted cash crops on large tracks of
land along waterways. They had many buildings. The main building was the
plant house. Servants and slaves lived in small buildings. The kitchen
was in a separate building. There were sheds for storing crops. There
were barns for ...

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