What is the origin of US south region white people?

Question

For example there are a lot of Americans with german ancestry in midwest, english americans(WASPs) in northeast. But what is the origin of white people in the south region?

Answer 1

Hey there!

a lot of white Europeans came to the southern United States during the colonial era to plant crops such as tobacco and sugar cane. Virginia and the Carolinas were primarily tobacco colonies, but South Carolina and parts of Georgia also had sugar cane. Georgia was set up as a sort of buffer zone for the Spanish colony of Florida, as a means to add a sense of separation and safety for the English colonies. Georgia was more of a militant colony, so a lot of soldiers and commanders from the English army and militias ended up there.

Hope this helped!

Annaka