Southern Colonies
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The Southern Colonies were the British colonial regions in North America known for their plantation-based economies, reliance on enslaved labor, and production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southern Colonies canonical | 16 |
| Chesapeake colonies | 3 |
| Southern colonies | 2 |
| colonial society of South Carolina | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T353130 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Southern Colonies Context triple: [Province of Georgia, locatedIn, Southern Colonies]
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New England Colonies
The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
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Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies were a group of British American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, known for their diverse populations, religious tolerance, and prosperous farming and trade.
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Colony and Dominion of Virginia
The Colony and Dominion of Virginia was a major English and later British colony in North America, notable as the first permanent English settlement and a political and economic center that helped shape early American history.
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Province of New England
The Province of New England was an early 17th-century English colonial territory in North America that encompassed several settlements in what is now the northeastern United States.
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Colonial America
Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Southern Colonies Target entity description: The Southern Colonies were the British colonial regions in North America known for their plantation-based economies, reliance on enslaved labor, and production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.
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A.
New England Colonies
The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
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B.
Middle Colonies
The Middle Colonies were a group of British American colonies, including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, known for their diverse populations, religious tolerance, and prosperous farming and trade.
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C.
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
The Colony and Dominion of Virginia was a major English and later British colony in North America, notable as the first permanent English settlement and a political and economic center that helped shape early American history.
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Province of New England
The Province of New England was an early 17th-century English colonial territory in North America that encompassed several settlements in what is now the northeastern United States.
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Colonial America
Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonies in North America
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historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Atlantic Ocean
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Middle Colonies ⓘ |
| climate |
humid
ⓘ
warm ⓘ |
| colonizedBy |
England
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Colony of Georgia
ⓘ
surface form:
Georgia Colony
Colony of Maryland ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Colony
North Carolina Colony ⓘ Province of Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
South Carolina Colony
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Colony
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| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| demographicFeature | high proportion of enslaved population in some colonies ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
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cash crops ⓘ |
| governedAs |
proprietary colonies
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royal colonies ⓘ |
| hadEconomicSystem | plantation economy ⓘ |
| historicalSuccessor | Southern United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
export-oriented agriculture
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large landholdings ⓘ rural settlement patterns ⓘ |
| laborSystem |
chattel slavery
ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| majorCrop |
cotton
ⓘ
indigo ⓘ rice ⓘ tobacco ⓘ |
| majorExport |
indigo dye
ⓘ
naval stores ⓘ rice ⓘ tobacco ⓘ |
| partOf | Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| partOfConflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| reliedOn | enslaved labor ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
enslaved Africans
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planter elite ⓘ small farmers ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| used | plantation system ⓘ |
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Subject: Southern Colonies Description of subject: The Southern Colonies were the British colonial regions in North America known for their plantation-based economies, reliance on enslaved labor, and production of cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.
Referenced by (23)
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