What were the primary crops grown on a plantations in the 1700s?

A) peaches, sugar, vegetables

B) sugar, rice, vegetables

C) cotton, sugar, rice

D) rice, cotton, peaches

The correct answer is C) cotton, sugar, and rice.

The primary crops grown on a plantation in the 1700s were cotton, sugar, and rice.

Agriculture was the most important economic activity in the Southern plantations. It was based in growing cash crops and the plantation owners used slaves to do the work. The owners exported the crops and earned good money in doing so. They grew cotton, sugar, rubber, sisal, kapok and in colonies such as Maryland or Virginia, tobacco was the king.